GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black Plate (1,1)

GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

2011 GMC Canyon Owner Manual M

In Brief ...... 1-1 Storage ...... 4-1 Climate Controls ...... 8-1 Instrument Panel ...... 1-2 Storage Compartments ...... 4-1 Climate Control Systems ...... 8-1 Initial Drive Information ...... 1-3 Air Vents ...... 8-3 Vehicle Features ...... 1-14 Instruments and Controls . . . . 5-1 Performance and Controls ...... 5-2 Driving and Operating ...... 9-1 Maintenance ...... 1-16 Warning Lights, Gauges, and Driving Information ...... 9-2 Indicators ...... 5-6 Starting and Operating ...... 9-28 Keys, Doors and Windows . . . 2-1 Information Displays ...... 5-21 Engine Exhaust ...... 9-36 Keys and Locks ...... 2-2 Vehicle Messages ...... 5-24 Automatic Transmission ...... 9-37 Doors ...... 2-7 Manual Transmission ...... 9-40 Vehicle Security...... 2-9 Lighting ...... 6-1 Drive Systems ...... 9-42 Exterior Mirrors ...... 2-12 Exterior Lighting ...... 6-1 Brakes ...... 9-46 Interior Mirrors ...... 2-13 Interior Lighting ...... 6-5 Ride Control Systems ...... 9-48 Windows ...... 2-15 Lighting Features ...... 6-6 Cruise Control ...... 9-52 Fuel ...... 9-54 Seats and Restraints ...... 3-1 Infotainment System ...... 7-1 Introduction ...... 7-1 Towing...... 9-59 Head Restraints ...... 3-2 Conversions and Add-Ons . . . 9-70 Front Seats ...... 3-3 Radio ...... 7-7 Rear Seats ...... 3-9 Audio Players ...... 7-14 Safety Belts ...... 3-12 Phone ...... 7-21 Airbag System ...... 3-28 Child Restraints ...... 3-42 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

2011 GMC Canyon Owner Manual M

Vehicle Care ...... 10-1 Service and Maintenance . . . 11-1 Customer Information ...... 13-1 General Information ...... 10-2 General Information ...... 11-1 Customer Information ...... 13-1 Vehicle Checks ...... 10-4 Scheduled Maintenance ...... 11-2 Reporting Safety Defects . . . . 13-16 Headlamp Aiming ...... 10-37 Recommended Fluids, Vehicle Data Recording and Bulb Replacement ...... 10-37 Lubricants, and Parts ...... 11-6 Privacy...... 13-17 Electrical System ...... 10-42 Maintenance Records ...... 11-10 Index ...... i-1 Wheels and Tires ...... 10-50 Jump Starting ...... 10-90 Technical Data ...... 12-1 Towing...... 10-93 Vehicle Identification ...... 12-1 Appearance Care ...... 10-99 Vehicle Data ...... 12-2 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Introduction iii

This manual describes features that Canadian Vehicle Owners may or may not be on your specific vehicle either because they are Propriétaires Canadiens options that you did not purchase or A French language copy of this due to changes subsequent to the manual can be obtained from your printing of this owner manual. dealer or from: Please refer to the purchase The names, logos, emblems, documentation relating to your On peut obtenir un exemplaire de slogans, vehicle model names, and specific vehicle to confirm each of ce guide en français auprès du vehicle body designs appearing in the features found on your vehicle. concessionnaire ou à l'adresse this manual including, but not limited For vehicles first sold in Canada, suivante: to, GM, the GM logo, GMC, the substitute the name “General GMC Truck Emblem, and CANYON Helm, Incorporated Motors of Canada Limited” for GMC P.O. Box 07130 are trademarks and/or service wherever it appears in this manual. marks of General Motors LLC, its Detroit, MI 48207 subsidiaries, affiliates, or licensors. Keep this manual in the vehicle for 1-800-551-4123 quick reference. Numéro de poste 6438 de langue française www.helminc.com

iv Introduction

Using this Manual Warning or Caution indicates a Symbols hazard that could result in injury or To quickly locate information about death. The vehicle has components and the vehicle, use the Index in the labels that use symbols instead of back of the manual. It is an { text. Symbols are shown along with alphabetical list of what is in the WARNING the text describing the operation or manual and the page number where These mean there is something information relating to a specific it can be found. that could hurt you or other component, control, message, gauge, or indicator. people. Danger, Warnings, and M : This symbol is shown when you need to see your owner manual Cautions Notice: This means there is for additional instructions or Warning messages found on vehicle something that could result in information. labels and in this manual describe property or vehicle damage. This hazards and what to do to avoid or would not be covered by the * : This symbol is shown when reduce them. vehicle's warranty. you need to see a service manual for additional instructions or Danger indicates a hazard with a information. high level of risk which will result in serious injury or death.

A circle with a slash through it is a safety symbol which means “Do Not,”“Do not do this,” or “Do not let this happen.” GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

Introduction v

Vehicle Symbol Chart # : Fog Lamps Here are some additional symbols . : Fuel Gauge that may be found on the vehicle + and what they mean. For more : Fuses information on the symbol, refer to 3 : Headlamp High/Low-Beam the Index. Changer 9 : Airbag Readiness Light j : LATCH System Child # : Air Conditioning Restraints ! : Antilock Brake System (ABS) * : Malfunction Indicator Lamp : g : Audio Steering Wheel Controls : Oil Pressure or OnStar® } : Power $ : Brake System Warning Light / : Remote Vehicle Start " : Charging System > : Safety Belt Reminders I : Cruise Control 7 : Tire Pressure Monitor B : Engine Coolant Temperature d : Traction Control O : Exterior Lamps M : Windshield Washer Fluid GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

vi Introduction

2 NOTES GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

In Brief 1-1

Sensing System for Passenger Performance and Maintenance In Brief Airbag ...... 1-8 Traction Control Mirror Adjustment ...... 1-9 System (TCS) ...... 1-16 Steering Wheel StabiliTrak® System ...... 1-17 Instrument Panel Adjustment ...... 1-10 Instrument Panel ...... 1-2 Tire Pressure Monitor ...... 1-17 Interior Lighting ...... 1-10 Engine Oil Life System ...... 1-17 Initial Drive Information Exterior Lighting ...... 1-11 Driving for Better Fuel Initial Drive Information ...... 1-3 Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 1-11 Economy ...... 1-18 Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Climate Controls ...... 1-12 Roadside Assistance System ...... 1-4 Four-Wheel Drive ...... 1-13 Program ...... 1-18 OnStar® ...... 1-19 Door Locks ...... 1-4 Vehicle Features Tailgate ...... 1-5 Radio(s) ...... 1-14 Windows ...... 1-5 Satellite Radio ...... 1-15 Seat Adjustment ...... 1-6 Cruise Control ...... 1-15 Heated Seats ...... 1-7 Driver Information Head Restraint Adjustment . . . . 1-7 Center (DIC) ...... 1-16 Safety Belts ...... 1-8 Power Outlets ...... 1-16 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

1-2 In Brief

Instrument Panel

Manual Transmission shown, Automatic Transmission similar GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

In Brief 1-3

A. Air Vents on page 8‑3. H. Data Link Connector (DLC). Initial Drive See Malfunction Indicator Lamp B. Turn and Lane‐Change Lever. See Turn and Lane-Change on page 5‑14. Information Signals on page 6‑4. I. Horn on page 5‑2. This section provides a brief Windshield Wiper/Washer on J. StabiliTrak® System on overview about some of the important features that may or may page 5‑2. page 9‑50. not be on your specific vehicle. C. Instrument Cluster on page 5‑8. Four-Wheel Drive on For more detailed information, refer page 10‑31. D. Hazard Warning Flashers on to each of the features which can be page 6‑3. K. AM-FM Radio on page 7‑7. found later in this owner manual. E. Passenger Side Airbag. See L. Cigarette Lighter (If Equipped). Airbag System on page 3‑28. See Ashtrays on page 5‑6 and F. Exterior Lamp Controls on Cigarette Lighter on page 5‑6. page 6‑1. M. Climate Control Systems on page 8 1. Fog Lamps on page 6‑4 ‑ (If Equipped). N. Power Outlets on page 5‑5. Exterior Cargo Lamps on O. Passenger Airbag Status page 6‑5. Indicator on page 5‑12. G. Parking Brake on page 9‑47. P. Glove Box on page 4‑1. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

1-4 In Brief

Remote Keyless Lock and unlock feedback can Power Door Locks be personalized. See Driver Entry (RKE) System Information Center (DIC) on The RKE transmitter is used to page 5‑21. lock and unlock the doors from up See Keys on page 2‑2 and Remote to 9 m (30 ft) away from the vehicle. Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation on page 2‑3. Door Locks Manual Door Locks Lock or unlock the door from the outside with the key in the driver or front passenger door or press the LOCK or UNLOCK button Press L or U on the switch on the on the Remote Keyless Entry armrest to lock or unlock the doors. (RKE) transmitter. For more information see: Lock the door from the inside by . Door Locks on page 2‑4. moving the manual lever on the Press UNLOCK to unlock the doors door forward or rearward. . Power Door Locks on page 2‑5. and press LOCK to lock them. Press L to sound the horn and to flash the exterior lamps for 30 seconds. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

In Brief 1-5

Tailgate Windows Power Windows Manual Windows

Open the tailgate by pulling up on Press or pull up on the front of the the outside handle while pulling the switch to open or close the window. Use the window crank to open and tailgate down. For more information see: close each window. On vehicles with a locking tailgate, . Manual Windows on page 2‑15. use the ignition key to unlock it. . Power Windows on page 2‑16. For more information see Tailgate on page 2‑7. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

1-6 In Brief

Seat Adjustment 3. Try to move the seat back and To adjust the seat: forth to make sure it is locked in . Manual Seats Move the seat forward or place. rearward by sliding the See Seat Adjustment on page 3‑3 horizontal control forward or for more information. rearward. Power Seats . Raise or lower the front or rear part of the seat cushion by moving the front or rear of the horizontal control up or down. . Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the entire horizontal control up or down. . Raise or recline the seatback by moving the vertical control. See Power Seat Adjustment on To adjust a manual seat: page 3‑4 and Reclining Seatbacks 1. Lift the bar under the front of the on page 3‑5 for more information. seat cushion to unlock the seat. 2. Slide the seat to the desired If available, the power seat controls position and release the bar. are on the outboard sides of the front seats. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

In Brief 1-7

Power Lumbar Heated Seats Head Restraint Adjustment Do not drive until the head restraints for all occupants are installed and adjusted properly. To achieve a comfortable seating position, change the seatback recline angle as little as necessary while keeping the seat and the head restraint height in the proper position. For more information see Head Restraints on page 3‑2 and Seat If available, press and hold the If available, the switches are on the Adjustment on page 3‑3. front or rear of the control on the outboard sides of the front seats. To outboard side of the seat to operate, the ignition must be on. increase or decrease lumbar support. Release the control when . Press the top of the switch for the level of support is reached. the high setting. See Lumbar Adjustment on . Press the bottom of the switch for the low setting. page 3‑4 for more information. . Put the switch in the center position to turn this feature off. See Heated Front Seats on page 3‑8 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

1-8 In Brief

Safety Belts Sensing System for Passenger Airbag The passenger sensing system, if equipped, will turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions. The driver United States airbags are not affected by this. If the vehicle has one of the passenger airbag status indicators pictured in the following illustrations, then the vehicle has a passenger sensing system. The passenger airbag status Canada and Mexico Refer to the following sections for indicator will be visible on the important information on how to use instrument panel when the vehicle See Passenger Sensing System on safety belts properly. is started. page 3‑34 for important information. . Safety Belts on page 3‑12. . How to Wear Safety Belts Properly on page 3‑15. . Lap-Shoulder Belt on page 3‑21. . Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on page 3‑50. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

In Brief 1-9

Mirror Adjustment 3. Return the selector switch to the Interior Mirror center position once the mirrors On vehicles with a manual inside Exterior Mirrors are adjusted. rearview mirror, the mirror can be See Power Mirrors on page 2‑13. adjusted by holding it in the center Vehicles with manual outside to move it for a clear view behind mirrors can be adjusted by pressing you. To avoid glare from the the mirror up and down and left and headlamps behind you, push the right so that you can see a clear tab forward for daytime use and view behind you. pull it for nighttime use. Manually fold the mirrors inward See Manual Rearview Mirror on to prevent damage when going page 2‑13. through an automatic car wash. To The automatic dimming inside fold, push the mirror toward the rearview mirror will automatically vehicle. Push the mirror outward, to reduce the glare of lights from return to its original position. behind the vehicle. Vehicles with power outside mirrors See Manual Mirrors on page 2‑12. See Automatic Dimming Rearview have controls located on the Mirror on page 2‑14. driver door. 1. Move the selector switch to the L (left) or R (right) to choose the driver or passenger mirror. 2. Press one of the four arrows located on the control pad to move the mirror to the desired direction. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

1-10 In Brief

Steering Wheel To adjust: Interior Lighting Adjustment 1. Hold the steering wheel and pull Dome Lamps the lever toward you. The dome lamps come on when any 2. Move the steering wheel up door is opened. or down. To manually turn on the dome 3. Release the lever to lock the lamps, turn the thumbwheel, located wheel in place. next to the exterior lamps control, all Do not adjust the steering wheel the way up. The cargo lamps may while driving. come on, if the vehicle is equipped with Bluetooth. In this position, the lamps remain on whether a door is opened or closed. Reading Lamps Press the lens on the lamps to turn The steering wheel adjustment lever each reading lamp on or off. is located on the left side of the steering wheel. These lamps will not come on with the dome lamps. . See “Dome Lamp Override” in Dome Lamps on page 6‑6. . Instrument Panel Illumination Control on page 6‑5. . Exit Lighting on page 6‑6. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

In Brief 1-11

Exterior Lighting ;: Manual operation of the parking Windshield Wiper/Washer lamps and other exterior lamps. 2: Manual operation of the headlamps and other exterior lamps. For more information, see: . Exterior Lamp Controls on page 6‑1. . Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) on page 6‑2. . Automatic Headlamp System on page 6‑3. . Fog Lamps on page 6‑4. O 8 : Turns off all exterior lamps . Exterior Cargo Lamps on : Single wipe, move the band to including the Daytime Running and then release it. Several wipes, page 6‑5. Lamps (DRL). hold the band on longer. AUTO: Automatic operation of the N: For a delayed wiping cycle. headlamps and other exterior lamps Turn the band up for more frequent at normal brightness. wipes or down for less frequent wipes. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

1-12 In Brief

6: Slow wipes, turn the band Climate Controls to the first solid position past the delay settings. 1: Fast wipes, turn the band to the second solid position past the delay settings. 9: Turns the wipers off. Windshield Washer: Push the paddle on top of the multifunction lever to spray washer fluid on the windshield. See Windshield Wiper/Washer on page 5‑2. A. Temperature Control D. Air Conditioning B. Fan Control E. Air Recirculation C. Air Delivery Mode Control See Climate Control Systems on page 8‑1. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

In Brief 1-13

Four-Wheel Drive Use these buttons to shift into and N (Neutral): Use the N (Neutral) out of four-wheel drive. position only when towing the Four-wheel drive sends engine vehicle. See Recreational Vehicle 2 (Two-Wheel High): Use for power to all four wheels for extra m Towing on page 10‑94. traction. driving in most street and highway situations. 4 m (Four-Wheel High): Use when extra traction is needed in most { WARNING off-road situations.

Shifting the transfer case to 4 n (Four-Wheel Low): Use this N (Neutral) can cause the vehicle position to deliver extra torque to all four wheels. Used for extreme to roll even if the transmission is off road conditions. See Four-Wheel in P (Park). You or someone else ‐ Drive on page 9‑42. could be seriously injured. Be sure to set the parking brake before placing the transfer case in N (Neutral). See Parking Brake on page 9‑47. The transfer case buttons are located to the right of the steering wheel on the instrument panel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

1-14 In Brief

Vehicle Features q TUNE r : Turn to select radio stations. Radio(s) q SEEK r : Press to go to the previous or to the next station and stay there. For more information about these and other radio features, see Introduction on page 7‑1. Setting Preset Stations Radio stations are stored as presets. For vehicles with an XM radio, a maximum of 30 stations can be stored as presets using the six numbered pushbuttons. If the radio does not have XM, up to 18 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM), can be programmed on the Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) six numbered buttons. See “Setting Preset Stations” under PWR: Press to turn the system on BAND: Press to switch between Operation on page 7‑3. and off. FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2 q VOL r : Turn to increase or (if equipped). The selection decrease the volume. displays. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

In Brief 1-15

Setting the Clock Satellite Radio Cruise Control To set the time and date for the XM is a satellite radio service that radio with CD (MP3/WMA): is based in the 48 contiguous Press and hold the HR button until United States and 10 Canadian the correct hour displays. Press and provinces. XM satellite radio has a hold the MIN button until the correct wide variety of programming and minute displays. The time can be commercial-free music, coast to set with the ignition on or off. coast, and in digital-quality sound. To synchronize the time with an A fee is required to receive the The cruise controls are located at FM station broadcasting Radio Data XM service. the end of the multifunction lever. System (RDS) information, press For more information, refer to: 9: Turns the system off. and hold the HR and MIN buttons . : Turns the system on. at the same time until RDS TIME www.xmradio.com or call R displays. To accept this time, press 1-800-929-2100 (U.S.) + (Resume/Accelerate): Use to and hold the HR and MIN buttons, . www.xmradio.ca or call make the vehicle accelerate or at the same time, for another 1-877-438-9677 (Canada) resume a previously set speed. 2 seconds. If the time is not See XM Satellite Radio Service r T (Set): Press the button at available from the station, “ ” under Satellite Radio on page 7‑11. the end of the lever to set the NO UPDAT (update) displays. speed. RDS time is broadcast once a For more information, see Cruise minute. After tuning to an RDS Control on page 9‑52. broadcast station, it could take a few minutes for the time to update. For detailed instructions on setting the clock for your specific audio system, see Clock on page 5‑4. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

1-16 In Brief

Driver Information For more information, see Driver Performance and Center (DIC) Information Center (DIC) on page 5‑21. Maintenance The DIC is located on the instrument panel cluster. It displays Power Outlets Traction Control the status of many vehicle systems System (TCS) and enables some features to be The accessory power outlets can be personalized. used to plug in electrical equipment, The traction control system limits such as a cell phone or MP3 player. wheel spin. The system turns on Use the trip reset stem located on automatically every time the vehicle the instrument panel cluster to scroll The vehicle may have an accessory is started. through the available functions. power outlet located below the For more information, see Driver climate control system and on the . To turn off traction control, press rear of the center console. Information Center (DIC) on and release d on the instrument page 5 21. See Power Outlets on page 5 5. ‑ ‑ panel. d illuminates and the Vehicle Personalization appropriate DIC message is displayed. See Ride Control Some vehicle features can be System Messages on page 5 27. personalized through the DIC. ‑ These features include: . Press and release the button again to turn on traction control. . Language: English, Spanish, or French For more information, see Traction Control System (TCS) on . Automatic Door Locks page 9‑48. . RKE Feedback GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

In Brief 1-17

StabiliTrak® System Tire Pressure Monitor During cooler conditions, the low tire pressure warning light may appear The Electronic Stability Control This vehicle may have a Tire when the vehicle is first started and system assists with directional Pressure Monitor System (TPMS). then turn off. This may be an early control of the vehicle in difficult indicator that the tire pressures are driving conditions. The system turns getting low and the tires need to be on automatically every time the inflated to the proper pressure. vehicle is started. The TPMS does not replace normal . To turn off both traction monthly tire maintenance. It is the control and Electronic driver’s responsibility to maintain Stability Control, press and correct tire pressures. hold d until d illuminates and The TPMS warning light alerts you See Tire Pressure Monitor System the appropriate DIC message to a significant loss in pressure of on page 10‑59. is displayed. See Ride Control one of the vehicle's tires. If the warning light comes on, stop as System Messages on page 5‑27. soon as possible and inflate the Engine Oil Life System . Press and release the button tires to the recommended pressure again to turn on both systems. The engine oil life system calculates shown on the Tire and Loading engine oil life based on vehicle use For more information, see Information label. See Vehicle Load and displays a DIC message when ® StabiliTrak System on page 9‑50. Limits on page 9‑22. The warning it is necessary to change the engine light will remain on until the tire oil and filter. pressure is corrected. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

1-18 In Brief

Resetting the Oil Life System Driving for Better Fuel . Replace the vehicle's tires with the same TPC Spec number 1. Turn the ignition to ON/RUN, Economy molded into the tire's sidewall with the engine off. Driving habits can affect fuel near the size. 2. Press and release the stem mileage. Here are some driving . Follow recommended scheduled in the lower center of the tips to get the best fuel economy maintenance. instrument cluster until the OIL possible. LIFE message is displayed. . Avoid fast starts and accelerate Roadside Assistance 3. Once the alternating OIL LIFE smoothly. Program and RESET messages appear, . press and hold the stem until Brake gradually and avoid U.S.: 1-800-GMC-8782 several beeps sound. This abrupt stops. (1‐800‐462-8782) confirms that the oil life system . Avoid idling the engine for long TTY Users (U.S.): 1-888-889-2438 has been reset. periods of time. Canada: 1-800-268-6800 4. Turn the key to LOCK/OFF. . When road and weather Mexico: 01-800-466-0801 See Engine Oil Life System on conditions are appropriate, use cruise control. page 10‑14. As the owner of a new GMC, you . Always follow posted speed are automatically enrolled in the limits or drive more slowly when Roadside Assistance program. conditions require. For more information see Roadside . Keep vehicle tires properly Assistance Program (U.S. and inflated. Canada) on page 13‑8 or Roadside Assistance Program (Mexico) on . Combine several trips into a page 13‑10. single trip. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

In Brief 1-19

® Roadside Assistance and OnStar OnStar ] : Push this red emergency (U.S. and Canada) button to get priority help from If you have a current OnStar specially trained OnStar Emergency subscription, press the Q button Advisors. and the current GPS location will be X : Push this button for hands‐free, sent to an OnStar advisor who will voice‐activated calling and to give assess your problem, contact voice commands for Hands‐Free Roadside Assistance, and relay Calling and Turn‐by‐Turn your exact location to get the help For vehicles with an active OnStar Navigation. you need. subscription, OnStar uses several Automatic Crash Response, Online Owner Center innovative technologies and live Emergency Services, Crisis Assist, (U.S. and Canada) Advisors to provide a wide range Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Vehicle of safety, security, navigation, Diagnostics, Remote Door Unlock, The Online Owner Center is a diagnostics, and calling services. Roadside Assistance, Turn‐by‐Turn complimentary service that includes Automatic Crash Response Navigation, and Hands‐Free Calling online service reminders, vehicle are available on most vehicles. Not maintenance tips, online owner In a crash, built‐in sensors can all OnStar services are available on manual, special privileges, automatically alert an OnStar all vehicles. For more information, and more. Advisor who is immediately see the OnStar Owner's Guide; Sign up today at: connected to the vehicle to see if visit www.onstar.com (U.S.) or www.gmcownercenter.com (U.S.) you need help. www.onstar.ca (Canada); contact or www.gm.ca (Canada). How OnStar Service Works OnStar at 1-888-4-ONSTAR (1‐888‐466‐7827) or Q : Push this blue button to TTY 1‐877‐248‐2080; or push Q to connect to a specially trained speak with an OnStar Advisor OnStar Advisor to verify your 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. account information and to answer questions. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

1-20 In Brief

For a full description of OnStar hardware. The vehicle has to have Your Responsibility services and system limitations, see a working electrical system and Increase the volume of the radio the OnStar Owner's Guide in the adequate battery power for the if the OnStar Advisor cannot be glove box. OnStar equipment to operate. heard. OnStar service is subject to the OnStar service may not work if the If the light next to the OnStar OnStar Terms and Conditions OnStar equipment isn’t properly buttons is red, the system may included in the OnStar Glove installed or you haven’t maintained not be functioning properly. Push Box Kit. it and your vehicle is in good working order and in compliance the Q button and request a vehicle OnStar service requires wireless with all government regulations. diagnostic. If the light appears clear communication networks and the If you try to add, connect, or modify (no light appears), your OnStar Global Positioning System (GPS) any equipment or software in your subscription has expired and all satellite network. Not all OnStar vehicle, OnStar service may not services have been deactivated. services are available everywhere work. Other problems OnStar can t ’ Push the Q button to confirm that or on all vehicles at all times. control may prevent service to you, the OnStar equipment is active. OnStar service can’t work unless such as hills, tall buildings, tunnels, your vehicle is in a place where weather, electrical system design OnStar has an agreement with a and architecture of your vehicle, wireless service provider for service damage to important parts of your in that area, and the wireless vehicle in a crash, or wireless phone service provider has coverage, network congestion or jamming. network capacity, reception, and See Radio Frequency Statement on technology compatible with OnStar's page 13‑19 for information service. Service involving location regarding Part 15 of the Federal information about your vehicle Communications Commission (FCC) can’t work unless GPS signals rules and Industry Canada are available, unobstructed, Standards RSS-210/220/310. and compatible with the OnStar GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-1

Doors Exterior Mirrors Keys, Doors and Rear Doors Convex Mirrors ...... 2-12 Windows (Extended Cab) ...... 2-7 Manual Mirrors ...... 2-12 Tailgate ...... 2-7 Power Mirrors ...... 2-13 Vehicle Security Interior Mirrors Keys and Locks Vehicle Security ...... 2-9 Manual Rearview Mirror ...... 2-13 Keys ...... 2-2 Anti-Theft Alarm System ...... 2-9 Automatic Dimming Rearview Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Immobilizer ...... 2-10 Mirror ...... 2-14 System ...... 2-2 Immobilizer Operation Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) (PASS-Key III+ Windows System Operation ...... 2-3 Canada Only) ...... 2-10 Windows ...... 2-15 Door Locks ...... 2-4 Immobilizer Operation Manual Windows ...... 2-15 Power Door Locks ...... 2-5 (Passlock U.S. Only) ...... 2-12 Power Windows ...... 2-16 Automatic Door Locks ...... 2-5 Rear Windows ...... 2-17 Lockout Protection ...... 2-6 Sun Visors ...... 2-17 Safety Locks (Crew Cab) . . . . . 2-6 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

2-2 Keys, Doors and Windows

Keys and Locks If you are locked out of your vehicle, call the Roadside Assistance Center. See Roadside Assistance Keys Program (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑8 or Roadside Assistance { WARNING Program (Mexico) on page 13‑10. Leaving children in a vehicle with Remote Keyless Entry the ignition key is dangerous for many reasons. Children or others (RKE) System could be badly injured or even See Radio Frequency Statement on killed. They could operate the page 13‑19 for information power windows or other controls regarding Part 15 of the Federal The key can be used for the ignition, or even make the vehicle move. Communications Commission (FCC) all door locks, and the tailgate. The windows will function with the rules and Industry Canada keys in the ignition and children The key has a bar-coded key tag Standards RSS-210/220/310. could be seriously injured or killed that the dealer or qualified locksmith If there is a decrease in the RKE if caught in the path of a closing can use to make new keys. Store operating range: window. Do not leave the keys in this information in a safe place, not in your vehicle. . Check the distance. The a vehicle with children. transmitter may be too far from Notice: If the keys get locked in the vehicle. the vehicle, it may have to be damaged to get them out. Always . Check the location. Other carry a spare key. vehicles or objects may be blocking the signal. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-3

. Check the transmitter's battery. If a door is open or ajar when See “Battery Replacement” later LOCK is pressed, the horn sounds in this section. several times to let you know the . If the transmitter is still not doors did not lock and the content working correctly, see your theft‐deterrent system is not armed. dealer or a qualified technician Pressing LOCK again while the horn for service. is sounding or within three seconds after the horn stops sounding, Remote Keyless Entry the doors lock but the content theft‐deterrent system does not arm (RKE) System Operation until the opened door is closed. Vehicles with Remote Keyless Different feedback modes can be Entry (RKE), transmitter functions programmed through the Driver work up to 9 m (30 ft) away from the UNLOCK: Press to unlock the Information Center (DIC). See vehicle. driver door and turn on the interior “Remote Keyless Entry Feedback” There are other conditions which lamps. The parking lamps may flash under Driver Information Center can affect the performance of the and the horn may sound. (DIC) on page 5‑21. transmitter. See Remote Keyless Press UNLOCK again within L (Panic): Press to make the Entry (RKE) System on page 2‑2. three seconds and all of the doors horn sound and the headlamps and unlock. taillamps flash for up to 30 seconds. LOCK: Press to lock all the doors. To turn them off wait for 30 seconds, The parking lamps may flash and or press L again, or start the the horn may sound. vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

2-4 Keys, Doors and Windows

Programming Transmitters to To replace the battery: Door Locks the Vehicle Only RKE transmitters programmed { WARNING to the vehicle will work. If a transmitter is lost or stolen, a Unlocked doors can be replacement can be purchased and dangerous. programmed through your dealer. . Passengers, especially When the replacement transmitter children, can easily open the is programmed to the vehicle, all doors and fall out of a moving remaining transmitters must also vehicle. When a door is be programmed. Any lost or stolen locked, the handle will not transmitters no longer work once the open it. The chance of being new transmitter is programmed. thrown out of the vehicle in Each vehicle can have up to a crash is increased if the four transmitters programmed to it. 1. Separate the transmitter with a flat, thin object inserted in the doors are not locked. So, all Battery Replacement slot between the covers of the passengers should wear transmitter housing. safety belts properly and the Notice: When replacing the doors should be locked battery, do not touch any of the 2. Remove the old battery. Do not whenever the vehicle is circuitry on the transmitter. Static use a metal object. driven. from your body could damage the 3. Insert the new battery. Replace . transmitter. Young children who get into with a CR2032 or equivalent unlocked vehicles may be battery. unable to get out. A child can 4. Put the transmitter back be overcome by extreme heat together. and can suffer permanent (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-5

Power Door Locks Automatic Door Locks WARNING (Continued) If the vehicle has power door injuries or even death from locks and the remote keyless heat stroke. Always lock the entry system, it has an automatic vehicle whenever leaving it. lock/unlock feature. . Outsiders can easily enter If the vehicle has an automatic through an unlocked door transmission, it is programmed when you slow down or stop from the factory to lock all doors your vehicle. Locking your automatically when the shift lever is doors can help prevent this moved out of P (Park). All the doors from happening. will unlock when the shift lever is moved back into P (Park). To lock or unlock the door from the Driver Switch Shown If the vehicle has a manual outside, use the key in the driver or transmission, it is programmed from front passenger door or press the On vehicles with power door locks, the factory to lock all the doors LOCK or UNLOCK button on the the switches are located on the when the vehicle speed is greater Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) driver and the front passenger than 24 km/h (15 mph). The doors transmitter. armrests. will unlock when the key is removed To lock a door from the inside, Press L to lock all the doors at once. from the ignition. move the manual lever on the door To unlock all the doors, press U. To change the automatic door forward. To unlock a door from the On crew cab models, use the lock and unlock settings, see inside, move the lever on the door manual door lock lever on each rear “Automatic Door Locks” under rearward. door to lock or unlock the doors Driver Information Center (DIC) on You will see a colored area on the from the rear seating areas. page 5‑21. lever when the door is unlocked. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

2-6 Keys, Doors and Windows

Lockout Protection To open a rear door when the security lock is on, unlock the door If the vehicle has power door locks, and open the door from the outside. this feature protects you from locking the key in the vehicle when To disengage the security locks: the key is in the ignition and a door 1. Open one of the rear doors. is open. 2. Using the ignition key, turn the If the power door lock switch is lock to the vertical position. pressed when a door is open and the key is in the ignition, all of the 3. Close the door. doors will lock and then the driver 4. Repeat these steps on the other door will unlock. rear door. The rear door security lock is Safety Locks (Crew Cab) located on the inside edge of each If the vehicle is a crew cab model, it rear door below the security lock may have rear door security locks. label. With this feature, the rear doors are To engage the security locks: locked so they cannot be opened from the inside. 1. Open one of the rear doors. 2. Using the ignition key, turn the lock to the horizontal position. 3. Close the door. 4. Repeat these steps on the other rear door. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-7

Doors Tailgate

Rear Doors { WARNING (Extended Cab) It is extremely dangerous to ride To open a rear door, open the front on the tailgate, even when the door. Then, use the handle located vehicle is operated at low speeds. on the front edge of the rear door People riding on the tailgate panel to open it. The rear doors can easily lose their balance must be closed before closing the and fall in response to vehicle front door. maneuvers. Falling from a moving vehicle may result in serious injuries or death. Do not allow Open the tailgate by pulling up on people to ride on the tailgate. the outside handle while pulling the Be sure everyone in your vehicle tailgate down. is in a seat and using a safety When the tailgate is shut, be sure it belt properly. is latched securely. On vehicles with a locking tailgate, use the ignition key. Turn the key counterclockwise to lock the tailgate. Turn the key clockwise to unlock the tailgate. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

2-8 Keys, Doors and Windows

Tailgate Removal When the larger part of the hole To partially lower the tailgate: on the bracket is over the bolt, To remove the tailgate: 1. With the tailgate fully open, lift slide the bracket off of the bolt. up slightly on the entire tailgate 1. With the tailgate fully open, lift 3. With the tailgate partially down, assembly. up slightly on the entire tailgate lift up on the passenger side and assembly. pull the tailgate toward you, then move the tailgate to the right to release the driver side. You can then remove the entire tailgate assembly. Reverse the procedure to reinstall the tailgate. Make sure it is secure.

Tailgate Partially Down 2. Remove the retaining cable 2. Remove the retaining cables from the passenger side of the from both sides of the tailgate by tailgate by pulling the clip away pulling the clips away from the from the bolt head while pushing bolt heads while pushing the the cable bracket forward. cable bracket forward. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-9

When the larger part of the hole Vehicle Security If the LOCK button on the RKE on the bracket is over the bolt, transmitter is pressed, but a door is slide the bracket off the bolt. This vehicle has theft-deterrent open, the horn will chirp six times. features; however, they do not make 3. Slide the lower end fitting onto Press the LOCK button again, within it impossible to steal. the top bolt. The tailgate will now three seconds, and the doors will stay in the partially opened lock. Close the open door and the position. Anti-Theft Alarm System system will be activated. If a locked door is not opened using 4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for the ® driver side. the RKE transmitter, or by OnStar , the pre-alarm will go off. If the If you would like to close the engine is not started or UNLOCK tailgate, the bracket cannot be in the not pressed within 10 seconds, the partially opened position. Use the front turn signal lamps will flash for top position on the bracket to two minutes, and the horn will sound anchor it on the bottom bolt. If your vehicle has the Remote for two minutes, then will turn off to Keyless Entry (RKE) system, the save the battery power. vehicle has a content theft-deterrent Remember, the theft-deterrent alarm system. system will not activate if you lock To activate the content the doors with a key, the manual theft-deterrent system: door lock, or power door lock switch. The system can only be 1. Close all the doors. activated using the RKE transmitter, 2. Lock the doors with the RKE or by OnStar®. See the OnStar transmitter. The security light, Owner's Guide for additional located on the instrument panel information. You should also cluster, will flash. remember that you can start your vehicle with the correct ignition key if the alarm has been set off. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

2-10 Keys, Doors and Windows

Here is how to avoid setting off the 3. To turn the alarm off, press the Immobilizer Operation alarm by accident: UNLOCK button on the RKE transmitter or start the engine. (PASS-Key III+ . If you do not want to activate Canada Only) the theft-deterrent system, the If the alarm does not sound when it vehicle should be locked with should but the lights flash, check to This vehicle has a passive the door key after the doors are see if the horn works. The horn fuse theft-deterrent system. closed. may be blown. To replace the fuse, The system is automatically armed see Fuses and Circuit Breakers on . Always unlock a door with the when the key is removed from the RKE transmitter. Unlocking a page 10‑43. ignition. door any other way will set off If the alarm does not sound or the The system is automatically the alarm. front turn signal lamps do not flash, disarmed when the key is turned If you set off the alarm by accident, see your dealer for service. to ON/RUN. you can turn off the alarm by Immobilizer You do not have to manually arm or pressing UNLOCK on the RKE disarm the system. transmitter. The alarm will not stop See Radio Frequency Statement on The security light comes on if if you try to unlock a door any page 13‑19 for information other way. regarding Part 15 of the Federal there is a problem with arming or disarming the theft-deterrent Testing the Alarm Communications Commission (FCC) rules and Industry Canada system. To test the alarm: Standards RSS-210/220/310. The key uses a transponder that 1. From inside the vehicle, activate matches an immobilizer control unit the system by locking the doors in the vehicle. Only the correct key with the RKE transmitter. starts the vehicle. If the key is ever damaged, the vehicle may not start. 2. Unlock the door with the manual door lock and open the door. This should set off the alarm. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-11

When trying to start the vehicle, Canadian Owners: If the keys are 5. After the engine has started, if the engine does not start and the lost or damaged, only a dealer can turn the key to LOCK/OFF, and security light comes on, there may service the theft-deterrent system to remove the key. Insert the key to be a problem with the theft-deterrent have new ones made. Two current be programmed and turn it to system. Turn the ignition off and try driver's keys are required to ON/RUN within ten seconds of again. program additional keys. removing the previous key. If the engine still does not start, and To program a new key: The security light turns off once the key appears to be undamaged, 1. Verify that the new key has the key has been programmed. try another ignition key. Check PK3+ stamped on it. 6. Repeat Steps 1 through 5 if the fuse. See Fuses and Circuit 2. Insert the current driver's key in additional keys are to be Breakers on page 10‑43. If the programmed. engine still does not start with the the ignition and start the engine. other key, the vehicle needs service. If the engine does not start see If the security light comes on and If the vehicle does start, the first key your dealer for service. stays on while driving, the engine may be faulty. See your dealer who 3. After the engine has started, will restart if you turn it off. However, can service the theft-deterrent turn the key to LOCK/OFF, and the theft-deterrent system is not system and have a new key made. remove the key. working properly and must be serviced by your dealer. The It is possible for the theft-deterrent 4. Insert the second current driver's vehicle is not protected by the system decoder to learn the key in the ignition and start the theft-deterrent system at this time. transponder value of a new or engine within ten seconds of replacement key. Up to 10 keys removing the previous key. If the In an emergency, contact Roadside can be programmed for the vehicle. engine does not start see your Assistance. See Roadside The following procedure is for dealer for service. Assistance Program (U.S. and programming additional keys only. Canada) on page 13‑8 or Roadside Assistance Program (Mexico) on page 13‑10. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

2-12 Keys, Doors and Windows

Do not leave the key or device that If the engine does not start after Exterior Mirrors disarms or deactivates the theft three tries, the vehicle needs deterrent system in the vehicle. service. Convex Mirrors If the engine is running and the Immobilizer Operation security light comes on, the engine { (Passlock U.S. Only) restarts if you turn the engine off. WARNING However, the Passlock® system is Passlock® is a passive A convex mirror can make things, not working properly and must be theft-deterrent system that enables like other vehicles, look farther serviced by your dealer. The vehicle fuel if the vehicle is started with a ® away than they really are. If you is not protected by Passlock at this valid key. If an incorrect key is cut too sharply into the right lane, time. See your dealer for service. used or the ignition lock cylinder is you could hit a vehicle on the tampered with, the fuel system is In an emergency, call the Roadside right. Check the inside mirror or disabled and the vehicle does not Assistance Center. See Roadside glance over your shoulder before start. Assistance Program (U.S. and changing lanes. Canada) on page 13 8 or Roadside The security light turns off ‑ Assistance Program (Mexico) on approximately five seconds after page 13‑10. The passenger side mirror is convex the engine is started. See Security shaped. A convex mirror's surface is Light on page 5‑20. Do not leave the key or device that curved so more can be seen from disarms or deactivates the theft If the engine stalls and the security the driver seat. deterrent system in the vehicle. light flashes, wait about 10 minutes until the light stops flashing before Manual Mirrors trying to restart the engine. Release Adjust the mirrors by pressing the the key from START as soon as the mirror up and down and left and engine starts. right so you can see a clear view behind you. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-13

Manually fold the mirrors inward To adjust the power mirrors: Interior Mirrors to prevent damage when going 1. Move the selector switch to the through an automatic car wash. To L (left) or R (right) to choose the Manual Rearview Mirror fold, push the mirrors toward the driver or passenger mirror. vehicle. Push outward, to return the Adjust this mirror for a clear view of mirrors to their original position. 2. Press one of the four buttons the area behind the vehicle. Hold located on the control pad to the mirror in the center to move it Power Mirrors move the mirror to the desired up, down, or side-to-side. To reduce direction. headlamp glare, push the tab 3. Return the selector switch to the forward for daytime use and pull it center position once the mirrors for nighttime use. are adjusted. Vehicles with OnStar® have If the mirror begins making a three additional control buttons ratcheting sound, the mirror has located at the bottom of the reached the end of its travel and mirror. See your dealer for more can go no farther in that direction. information on the system and how To stop the sound, reverse the to subscribe to OnStar. See the mirror direction using the OnStar Owner's Guide for more control pad. information about the services OnStar provides. Manually fold the mirrors inward to prevent damage when going Vehicles with outside power mirrors through an automatic car wash. have controls on the driver door To fold, push the mirror toward the armrest. vehicle. Push outward, to return the mirror to its original position. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

2-14 Keys, Doors and Windows

Automatic Dimming AUTO/ ( / O (On/Off): Press 2. Press Y b / O again and Rearview Mirror and hold AUTO/ ( for about release to change the unit of three seconds or depending on the measure. Wait several seconds The vehicle may have an automatic and the compass/temperature mirror, press O to turn automatic dimming inside rearview mirror. display returns with the selected Automatic dimming reduces the dimming on or off. The automatic unit of measure. glare of lights from behind the dimming feature comes on and the vehicle. indicator light illuminates each time It is normal under certain conditions ® the vehicle is started. for the temperature update to be The mirror may also have OnStar delayed. If an incorrect temperature and/or a compass and outside Temperature Display displays for an extended period, see temperature display. Y b / O (On/Off): Press Y b or your dealer. Control buttons for the OnStar depending on the mirror, press O to Cleaning the Mirror system are at the bottom of the turn the display on or off. mirror. See the OnStar Owners Do not spray glass cleaner directly Guide for more information about To adjust between Fahrenheit and on the mirror. Use a soft towel the services OnStar provides. See Celsius: dampened with water. Compass on page 5 3 for more ‑ 1. Press and hold Y b / O for a information about the compass few seconds. The current unit of display. See Temperature Display “ ” measure (C or F) flashes. after, for more information about the outside temperature display. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-15

Windows Manual Windows

{ WARNING

Leaving children, helpless adults, or pets in a vehicle with the windows closed is dangerous. They can be overcome by the extreme heat and suffer permanent injuries or even death from heat stroke. Never leave a child, a helpless adult, or a pet alone in a vehicle, especially with The vehicle aerodynamics are designed to improve fuel economy the windows closed in warm or performance. This may result in a hot weather. On vehicles with manual windows, pulsing sound when either rear use the window crank to open and window is down and the front close each window. windows are up. To reduce the sound, open either a front window or the sunroof (if equipped). GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

2-16 Keys, Doors and Windows

Power Windows The passenger's door has a window switch that controls that window. Press the front of the switch to open { WARNING the window. Pull the switch up to Leaving children in a vehicle with close it. the keys is dangerous for many Express-Down Window reasons. Children or others could Windows with an express-down be badly injured or even killed. feature allow the window to be They could operate the power lowered fully without pressing and windows or other controls or even holding the switch. Press the front of make the vehicle move. The the switch to the first position, and windows will function and they the window opens a small amount. On vehicles with power windows, could be seriously injured or killed Press the switch down fully and the the switches on the driver's door if caught in the path of a closing window goes all the way down. window. Do not leave keys in a armrest control both windows. vehicle with children. To stop the window while it is lowering, pull up the front of the When there are children in the switch. rear seat use the window lockout button to prevent unintentional operation of the windows. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

Keys, Doors and Windows 2-17

Rear Windows Sun Visors Sliding Rear Window

Pull the sun visor down to block glare. Detach the sun visor from the If the vehicle has this feature, center mount to pivot to the side squeeze the latch in the center of window, or to extend along the rod the window and slide the glass to if, available. open it. Be sure the latch is engaged when the window is closed. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

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2 NOTES GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Seats and Restraints 3-1

Safety Belt Use During Adding Equipment to the Seats and Pregnancy ...... 3-25 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . 3-40 Restraints Lap Belt ...... 3-25 Airbag System Check ...... 3-41 Safety Belt Extender ...... 3-26 Replacing Airbag System Safety System Check ...... 3-26 Parts After a Crash ...... 3-41 Safety Belt Care ...... 3-27 Head Restraints Child Restraints Head Restraints ...... 3-2 Replacing Safety Belt System Parts After a Crash ...... 3-27 Older Children ...... 3-42 Front Seats Infants and Young Seat Adjustment ...... 3-3 Airbag System Children ...... 3-44 Power Seat Adjustment ...... 3-4 Airbag System ...... 3-28 Child Restraint Systems . . . . . 3-46 Lumbar Adjustment ...... 3-4 Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . 3-30 Where to Put the Restraint . . . 3-48 Reclining Seatbacks ...... 3-5 When Should an Airbag Lower Anchors and Tethers Seatback Latches ...... 3-7 Inflate? ...... 3-31 for Children (LATCH Heated Front Seats ...... 3-8 What Makes an Airbag System) ...... 3-50 Inflate? ...... 3-32 Replacing LATCH System Rear Seats How Does an Airbag Parts After a Crash ...... 3-60 Rear Seats (Extended Cab) . . . 3-9 Restrain? ...... 3-33 Securing Child Restraints Rear Seats (Crew Cab) ...... 3-10 What Will You See After an (Rear Seat Position) ...... 3-60 Airbag Inflates? ...... 3-33 Securing Child Restraints Safety Belts Passenger Sensing (Center Front Seat Safety Belts ...... 3-12 System ...... 3-34 Position) ...... 3-62 How to Wear Safety Belts Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Securing Child Restraints Properly ...... 3-15 Vehicle ...... 3-39 (Right Front Seat Lap-Shoulder Belt ...... 3-21 Position) ...... 3-63 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

3-2 Seats and Restraints

Head Restraints Front Seats On some crew cab models, the vehicle's front seats have adjustable head restraints in the outboard seating positions.

{ WARNING

With head restraints that are not installed and adjusted properly, there is a greater chance that Adjust the head restraint so that the The height of the head restraint can occupants will suffer a neck/ top of the restraint is at the same be adjusted. Pull the head restraint spinal injury in a crash. Do not height as the top of the occupant's up to raise it. Try to move the head drive until the head restraints for head. This position reduces the restraint to make sure that it is all occupants are installed and chance of a neck injury in a crash. locked in place. adjusted properly. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Seats and Restraints 3-3

To lower the head restraint, press Front Seats the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the restraint down. Try to move the head Seat Adjustment restraint after the button is released to make sure that it is locked in { WARNING place. You can lose control of the The front seat outboard head vehicle if you try to adjust a restraints are not designed to be manual driver seat while the removed. vehicle is moving. The sudden Rear Seats movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a On some crew cab models, the To adjust the seat: vehicle's rear seats have adjustable pedal when you do not want to. headrests in the outboard seating Adjust the driver seat only when 1. Lift the bar to unlock the seat. positions that can be adjusted the vehicle is not moving. 2. Slide the seat to the desired the same way as the front head position and release the bar. restraints. 3. Try to move the seat back and Rear outboard headrests are not forth to be sure the seat is designed to be removed. locked in place. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

3-4 Seats and Restraints

Power Seat Adjustment To adjust the seat: Lumbar Adjustment . Move the seat forward or Manual Lumbar rearward by sliding the horizontal control forward or rearward. . Raise or lower the front or rear part of the seat cushion by moving the front or rear of the horizontal control up or down. . Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the entire horizontal control up or down. To adjust the seatback, see “Power If available, the power seat controls Reclining Seatbacks” under are on the outboard side of the Reclining Seatbacks on page 3‑5. seats. If available, the manual lumbar knob is on the outboard side of the driver seat. Turn the knob to increase or decrease lumbar support. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

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Power Lumbar Reclining Seatbacks WARNING (Continued)

{ WARNING For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the Sitting in a reclined position when seatback upright. Then sit well the vehicle is in motion can be back in the seat and wear the dangerous. Even when buckled safety belt properly. up, the safety belts cannot do their job when reclined like this. The shoulder belt cannot do its job because it will not be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash, you could If available, the power lumbar go into it, receiving neck or other control is on the outboard side of injuries. the seat. The lap belt cannot do its job To increase or decrease lumbar either. In a crash, the belt could support, press and hold the front go up over your abdomen. The or rear of the control. Release the belt forces would be there, not at control when the seatback reaches your pelvic bones. This could the desired level of lumbar support. cause serious internal injuries. Do not have a seatback reclined if (Continued) the vehicle is moving. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

3-6 Seats and Restraints

Manual Reclining Seatbacks If available, the manual recline lever To return the seatback to the upright is on the outboard side of the seat. position: { WARNING 1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the You can lose control of the seatback, and the seatback will vehicle if you try to adjust a return to the upright position. manual driver seat while the 2. Push and pull on the seatback to vehicle is moving. The sudden make sure it is locked. movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver seat only when the vehicle is not moving.

To recline the seatback: { WARNING 1. Lift the lever. If either seatback is not locked, it 2. Move the seatback to the could move forward in a sudden desired position, and then stop or crash. That could cause release the lever to lock the injury to the person sitting there. seatback in place. Always push and pull on the 3. Push and pull on the seatback to seatbacks to be sure they are make sure it is locked. locked. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Seats and Restraints 3-7

Power Reclining Seatbacks Seatback Latches { WARNING The vehicle may have front seatbacks that fold forward for easy If either seatback is not locked, it access to the rear seats or the could move forward in a sudden storage area behind the seats. stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatbacks to be sure they are locked.

To return the seatback to the upright position, push the seatback all the way back until it latches. If available, use the vertical control If the seatback was reclined before on the outboard side of the seat to being folded forward, it will return to adjust the seatback. the reclined position. . Tilt the top of the control rearward to recline. To fold the seatback forward, push . Tilt the top of the control forward the lever on the side of the seat to raise. rearward and pull the seatback forward. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

3-8 Seats and Restraints

Heated Front Seats This feature will heat the cushion and back of the seats. { WARNING . Press the top of the switch for the high setting. If you cannot feel temperature . Press the bottom of the switch change or pain to the skin, the for the low setting. seat heater may cause burns even at low temperatures. To . Put the switch in the center reduce the risk of burns, people position to turn this feature off. with such a condition should use The heated seat will turn on at the care when using the seat heater, last setting if the ignition is turned especially for long periods of off and then back on. If available, the switches are on the time. Do not place anything on The passenger safety belt must be outboard sides of the front seats. To the seat that insulates against fastened for the heated seat feature operate, the ignition must be on. heat, such as a blanket, cushion, to work on the passenger seat. cover or similar item. This may cause the seat heater to overheat. An overheated seat heater may cause a burn or may damage the seat. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

Seats and Restraints 3-9

Rear Seats To fold a rear seat cushion from the stored position to the sitting position, pull the front of the seat Rear Seats cushion down completely. (Extended Cab) The rear seat storage compartments must be closed before folding the seat down. See Rear Storage on page 4‑2. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety belts and return them to To store the seat: their normal stowed position 1. Secure the safety belt buckle to before folding a rear seat. the inboard side of the seat with the hook and loop fastener (A), so that it does not move when not in use. On extended cab models, there may be forward folding seats in the 2. Push the entire seat up until it is rear area. flush with the trim panel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

3-10 Seats and Restraints

Rear Seats (Crew Cab) On crew cab models, the rear seatbacks can be folded forward. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety belts and return them to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat.

To fold a rear seatback forward: 2. Pull the loop on the outboard 1. Disconnect the rear center side of the seatback forward safety belt latch from the mini until you hear a click. buckle by inserting the tip of the 3. Fold the seatback forward. safety belt tongue into the slot on the buckle. Let the belt retract. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

Seats and Restraints 3-11

To return a seatback to the upright 3. Reconnect the center safety belt position: { WARNING latch plate to the mini buckle. 1. Lift the seatback up and push it Make sure the safety belt is not A safety belt that is improperly twisted. rearward. routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the 4. Push and pull on the latch plate { WARNING protection needed in a crash. The to be sure it is secure. person wearing the belt could be When the seatback is not in use, it If either seatback is not locked, it seriously injured. After raising the should be kept in the upright, locked could move forward in a sudden rear seatback, always check to be position. stop or crash. That could cause sure that the safety belts are injury to the person sitting there. properly routed and attached, and Always push and pull on the are not twisted. seatbacks to be sure they are locked.

2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked in place. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

3-12 Seats and Restraints

Safety Belts This vehicle has indicators as a { WARNING reminder to buckle the safety belts. This section of the manual See Safety Belt Reminders on People riding on the tailgate describes how to use safety belts page 5‑11 for additional information. properly. It also describes some (if equipped) can easily lose their In most states and in all Canadian things not to do with safety belts. balance and fall even when the vehicle is operated at low speeds. provinces, the law requires wearing safety belts. Here is why: { WARNING Falling from a moving vehicle may result in serious injuries or death. You never know if you will be in a Do not let anyone ride where crash. If you do have a crash, a safety belt cannot be worn you do not know if it will be a serious one. properly. In a crash, if you or your { WARNING passenger(s) are not wearing A few crashes are mild, and some safety belts, the injuries can be It is extremely dangerous to ride crashes can be so serious that even much worse. You can hit things in a cargo area, inside or outside buckled up, a person would not inside the vehicle harder or be of a vehicle. In a collision, people survive. But most crashes are in ejected from the vehicle. You riding in these areas are more between. In many of them, people and your passenger(s) can be likely to be seriously injured or who buckle up can survive and seriously injured or killed. In the killed. Do not allow people to ride sometimes walk away. Without safety belts they could have been same crash, you might not be, in any area of your vehicle that is badly hurt or killed. if you are buckled up. Always not equipped with seats and fasten your safety belt, and safety belts. Be sure everyone in After more than 40 years of safety check that your passenger(s) your vehicle is in a seat and using belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. are restrained properly too. a safety belt properly. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

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Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.

Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider does not stop.

Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

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The person keeps going until or the instrument panel... or the safety belts! stopped by something. In a real With safety belts, you slow down vehicle, it could be the windshield... as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That is why safety belts make such good sense. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

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Questions and Answers About Q: If I am a good driver, and I How to Wear Safety Belts Safety Belts never drive far from home, why should I wear safety Properly Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle belts? This section is only for people of after a crash if I am wearing a adult size. safety belt? A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you are in a crash — even Be aware that there are special A: You could be whether you are — one that is not your fault — you things to know about safety belts wearing a safety belt or not. But and your passenger(s) can be and children. And there are different your chance of being conscious hurt. Being a good driver does rules for smaller children and during and after an accident, not protect you from things infants. If a child will be riding in so you can unbuckle and get beyond your control, such as the vehicle, see Older Children on out, is much greater if you are bad drivers. page 3‑42 or Infants and Young belted. And you can unbuckle Most accidents occur within Children on page 3‑44. Follow those a safety belt, even if you are rules for everyone's protection. upside down. 40 km (25 miles) of home. And the greatest number of It is very important for all occupants Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why serious injuries and deaths to buckle up. Statistics show that should I have to wear safety occur at speeds of less than unbelted people are hurt more often belts? 65 km/h (40 mph). in crashes than those who are A: Airbags are supplemental Safety belts are for everyone. wearing safety belts. systems only; so they work with Occupants who are not buckled up safety belts — not instead of can be thrown out of the vehicle in a them. Whether or not an airbag crash. And they can strike others in is provided, all occupants still the vehicle who are wearing safety have to buckle up to get the belts. most protection. That is true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

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First, before you or your applies force to the strong pelvic Q: What is wrong with this? passenger(s) wear a safety belt, bones and you would be less likely there is important information you to slide under the lap belt. If you slid should know. under it, the belt would apply force on your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. The shoulder belt locks if there is a sudden stop or crash.

A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It will not give as much protection this way. Sit up straight and always keep your feet on the floor in front of you. The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. In a crash, this GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

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Q: What is wrong with this? { WARNING { WARNING

You can be seriously hurt if your You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a lap belt is too loose. In a crash, crash, you would move forward you could slide under the lap too much, which could increase belt and apply force on your injury. The shoulder belt should fit abdomen. This could cause snugly against your body. serious or even fatal injuries. The lap belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs.

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Q: What is wrong with this? Q: What is wrong with this? { WARNING

You can be seriously injured if your belt is buckled in the wrong place like this. In a crash, the belt would go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not on the pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. Always buckle your belt into the buckle nearest you.

A: The belt is buckled in the wrong A: The belt is over an armrest. buckle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

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Q: What is wrong with this? { WARNING { WARNING

You can be seriously injured if You can be seriously injured if your belt goes over an armrest you wear the shoulder belt under like this. The belt would be much your arm. In a crash, your body too high. In a crash, you can slide would move too far forward, under the belt. The belt force which would increase the chance would then be applied on the of head and neck injury. Also, the abdomen, not on the pelvic belt would apply too much force bones, and that could cause to the ribs, which are not as serious or fatal injuries. Be sure strong as shoulder bones. You the belt goes under the armrests. could also severely injure internal organs like your liver or spleen. A: The shoulder belt is worn under The shoulder belt should go over the arm. It should be worn over the shoulder and across the the shoulder at all times. chest. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

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Q: What is wrong with this? Q: What is wrong with this? { WARNING

You can be seriously injured by not wearing the lap-shoulder belt properly. In a crash, you would not be restrained by the shoulder belt. Your body could move too far forward increasing the chance of head and neck injury. You might also slide under the lap belt. The belt force would then be applied right on the abdomen. That could cause serious or fatal A: The belt is behind the body. injuries. The shoulder belt should A: The belt is twisted across go over the shoulder and across the body. the chest. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (21,1)

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2. Pick up the latch plate and pull { WARNING the belt across you. Do not let it get twisted. You can be seriously injured by a twisted belt. In a crash, you would The lap-shoulder belt may lock if not have the full width of the belt you pull the belt across you very to spread impact forces. If a belt quickly. If this happens, let the is twisted, make it straight so it belt go back slightly to unlock it. can work properly, or ask your Then pull the belt across you more slowly. dealer to fix it. If you ever pull the shoulder portion of a passenger belt out Lap-Shoulder Belt all the way, the child restraint locking feature may be engaged. 3. Push the latch plate into the All seating positions in the vehicle buckle until it clicks. have a lap-shoulder belt except for If this happens, just let the belt the center front passenger position, go back all the way and start Pull up on the latch plate to if equipped, which has a lap belt. again. make sure it is secure. If the belt See Lap Belt on page 3‑25 for more Engaging the child restraint is not long enough, see Safety information. locking feature in the right front Belt Extender on page 3‑26. The following instructions explain seating position may affect the Position the release button on how to wear a lap-shoulder belt passenger sensing system, the buckle so that the safety belt properly. if equipped. See Passenger could be quickly unbuckled if Sensing System on page 3‑34 necessary. 1. Adjust the seat, if the seat is for more information. adjustable, so you can sit up straight. To see how, see “Seats” in the Index. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (22,1)

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4. If equipped with a shoulder belt Before a door is closed, be sure the height adjuster, move it to the belt is out of the way. If a door is height that is right for you. slammed against a safety belt, See “Shoulder Belt Height damage can occur to both the belt Adjuster” later in this section and the vehicle. for instructions on use and important safety information. Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster The vehicle has a shoulder belt height adjuster for the driver and right front passenger seating position. Adjust the height so the shoulder To unlatch the belt, push the button portion of the belt is on the shoulder on the buckle. The belt should and not falling off of it. The belt return to its stowed position. Slide should be close to, but not the latch plate up the safety belt contacting, the neck. Improper webbing when the safety belt is not shoulder belt height adjustment in use. The latch plate should rest could reduce the effectiveness of on the stitching on the safety belt, the safety belt in a crash. See How near the guide loop on the side wall. to Wear Safety Belts Properly on 5. To make the lap part tight, pull page 3‑15. up on the shoulder belt. It may be necessary to pull stitching on the safety belt through the latch plate to fully tighten the lap belt on smaller occupants. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (23,1)

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Safety Belt Pretensioners Rear shoulder belt comfort guides may provide added safety belt This vehicle has safety belt comfort for older children who have pretensioners for front outboard outgrown booster seats and for occupants. Although the safety belt some adults. When installed and pretensioners cannot be seen, they properly adjusted, the comfort guide are part of the safety belt assembly. positions the belt away from the They can help tighten the safety neck and head. belts during the early stages of a moderate to severe frontal or near frontal crash if the threshold conditions for pretensioner activation are met. To move it up or down, squeeze the Pretensioners work only once. If the release buttons (A) together and pretensioners activate in a crash, move the height adjuster to the they will need to be replaced, and desired position. probably other new parts for the After the adjuster is set to the vehicle's safety belt system. See desired position, try to move it down Replacing Safety Belt System Parts without squeezing the release After a Crash on page 3‑27. buttons to make sure it has locked into position. Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides Here is how to install a comfort guide to the shoulder belt: This vehicle may have rear shoulder belt comfort guides for the rear 1. Slide the guide off of its storage outside positions. If not, they are clip located between the interior available through your dealer. body and the seatback. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (24,1)

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{ WARNING

A safety belt that is not properly worn may not provide the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. 2. Place the guide over the belt 3. Be sure that the belt is not and insert the two edges of the twisted and it lies flat. The belt into the slots of the guide. elastic cord must be under the belt and the guide on top. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (25,1)

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Safety Belt Use During The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety Pregnancy belt is worn properly, it is more likely Safety belts work for everyone, that the fetus will not be hurt in a including pregnant women. Like all crash. For pregnant women, as for occupants, they are more likely to anyone, the key to making safety be seriously injured if they do not belts effective is wearing them wear safety belts. properly. Lap Belt This section is only for the lap belt. To learn how to wear a lap-shoulder 4. Buckle, position, and release belt, see Lap-Shoulder Belt on the safety belt as described page 3‑21. previously in this section. Make The vehicle may have a center sure the shoulder portion of the seating position. When you sit in the belt is on the shoulder and not center front seating position, you falling off of it. The belt should have a lap safety belt, which has no be close to, but not contacting, retractor. the neck. To remove and store the comfort guide, squeeze the belt edges A pregnant woman should wear a together so that the safety belt can lap-shoulder belt, and the lap be removed from the guide. Slide portion should be worn as low as the guide back on its storage clip possible, below the rounding, located between the interior body throughout the pregnancy. and the seatback. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (26,1)

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Safety Belt Extender If the vehicle's safety belt will fasten around you, you should use it. But if a safety belt is not long enough, your dealer will order you an extender. When you go in to order it, take the heaviest coat you will wear, so the extender will be long enough for you. To help avoid personal injury, do not let someone else use it, and use it only for the To make the belt longer, tilt the latch To make the belt shorter, pull its free seat it is made to fit. The extender plate and pull it along the belt. end as shown until the belt is snug. has been designed for adults. Never use it for securing child seats. To Buckle, position, and release it the If the belt is not long enough, see wear it, attach it to the regular safety same way as the lap part of a Safety Belt Extender on page 3‑26. belt. For more information, see the lap-shoulder belt. Make sure the release button on the instruction sheet that comes with buckle is positioned so you would the extender. be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if necessary. Safety System Check Now and then, check that the safety belt reminder light, safety belts, buckles, latch plates, retractors, and anchorages are working properly. Look for any other loose or damaged safety belt system parts that might keep a safety belt system GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (27,1)

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from doing its job. See your dealer Replacing Safety Belt After a minor crash, replacement of to have it repaired. Torn or frayed safety belts may not be necessary. safety belts may not protect you in System Parts After a But the safety belt assemblies that a crash. They can rip apart under Crash were used during any crash may impact forces. If a belt is torn or have been stressed or damaged. frayed, get a new one right away. { WARNING See your dealer to have the safety Make sure the safety belt reminder belt assemblies inspected or light is working. See Safety Belt A crash can damage the safety replaced. Reminders on page 5‑11 for more belt system in the vehicle. New parts and repairs may be information. A damaged safety belt system necessary even if the safety belt may not properly protect the Keep safety belts clean and dry. system was not being used at the person using it, resulting in time of the crash. See Safety Belt Care on page 3‑27. serious injury or even death in a Have the safety belt pretensioners crash. To help make sure the checked if the vehicle has been in a Safety Belt Care safety belt systems are working crash, or if the airbag readiness light Keep belts clean and dry. properly after a crash, have them stays on after you start the vehicle inspected and any necessary or while you are driving. See Airbag { WARNING replacements made as soon as Readiness Light on page 5‑12. possible. Do not bleach or dye safety belts. It may severely weaken them. In a crash, they might not be able to provide adequate protection. Clean safety belts only with mild soap and lukewarm water. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (28,1)

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Airbag System For frontal airbags, the word Here are the most important things AIRBAG will appear on the middle to know about the airbag system: The vehicle has the following part of the steering wheel for the airbags: driver and on the instrument panel { WARNING . A frontal airbag for the driver. for the right front passenger. With roof-rail airbags, the word You can be severely injured or . A frontal airbag for the right front killed in a crash if you are not passenger. AIRBAG will appear along the headliner or trim. wearing your safety belt — even if Your vehicle may also have the you have airbags. Airbags are following airbags: Airbags are designed to supplement designed to work with safety the protection provided by safety belts, but do not replace them. . A roof-rail airbag for the driver belts. Even though today's airbags Also, airbags are not designed to and the passenger seated are also designed to help reduce directly behind the driver. the risk of injury from the force of an deploy in every crash. In some crashes safety belts are your only . A roof-rail airbag for the right inflating bag, all airbags must inflate restraint. See When Should an front passenger and the very quickly to do their job. Airbag Inflate? on page 3 31. passenger seated directly ‑ behind the right front passenger. Wearing your safety belt during a All of the airbags in your vehicle will crash helps reduce your chance have the word AIRBAG embossed of hitting things inside the vehicle in the trim or on an attached label or being ejected from it. Airbags near the deployment opening. are “supplemental restraints” to the safety belts. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly — whether or not there is an airbag for that person. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (29,1)

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{ WARNING { WARNING

Airbags inflate with great force, Children who are up against, faster than the blink of an eye. or very close to, any airbag Anyone who is up against, or when it inflates can be seriously very close to, any airbag when it injured or killed. Airbags plus There is an airbag readiness light inflates can be seriously injured lap-shoulder belts offer protection on the instrument panel, which or killed. Do not sit unnecessarily for adults and older children, but shows the airbag symbol. close to the airbag, as you would not for young children and infants. be if you were sitting on the edge Neither the vehicle's safety belt The system checks the airbag of your seat or leaning forward. system nor its airbag system electrical system for malfunctions. Safety belts help keep you in is designed for them. Young The light tells you if there is an position before and during a children and infants need the electrical problem. See Airbag crash. Always wear your safety protection that a child restraint Readiness Light on page 5‑12 for belt, even with airbags. The driver system can provide. Always more information. should sit as far back as possible secure children properly in your while still maintaining control of vehicle. To read how, see Older the vehicle. Children on page 3‑42 or Infants Occupants should not lean on or and Young Children on sleep against the door or side page 3‑44. windows in seating positions with roof-rail airbags. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (30,1)

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Where Are the Airbags?

The right front passenger's airbag Driver Side Shown, Passenger is in the instrument panel on the Side Similar The driver's airbag is in the middle passenger's side. If your vehicle has roof-rail of the steering wheel. airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers, they are in the ceiling above the side windows. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (31,1)

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When Should an Airbag Frontal airbags may inflate at { WARNING different crash speeds. For Inflate? example: If something is between an Frontal airbags are designed to occupant and an airbag, the . If the vehicle hits a stationary inflate in moderate to severe frontal object, the airbags could inflate airbag might not inflate properly or near-frontal crashes to help or it might force the object into at a different crash speed than if reduce the potential for severe the vehicle hits a moving object. that person causing severe injury injuries mainly to the driver's or right or even death. The path of an front passenger's head and chest. . If the vehicle hits an object that inflating airbag must be kept However, they are only designed deforms, the airbags could clear. Do not put anything to inflate if the impact exceeds inflate at a different crash speed between an occupant and an a predetermined deployment than if the vehicle hits an object airbag, and do not attach or put threshold. Deployment thresholds that does not deform. anything on the steering wheel are used to predict how severe a . If the vehicle hits a narrow object hub or on or near any other crash is likely to be in time for the (like a pole), the airbags could airbag covering. airbags to inflate and help restrain inflate at a different crash speed the occupants. Never secure anything to the roof than if the vehicle hits a wide of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags Whether your frontal airbags will object (like a wall). by routing a rope or tie down or should deploy is not based on . If the vehicle goes into an object through any door or window how fast your vehicle is traveling. at an angle, the airbags could opening. If you do, the path of an It depends largely on what you hit, inflate at a different crash speed the direction of the impact, and how inflating roof-rail airbag will be than if the vehicle goes straight quickly your vehicle slows down. blocked. into the object. Thresholds can also vary with specific vehicle design. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (32,1)

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Frontal airbags are not intended to Your vehicle may or may not have What Makes an Airbag inflate during vehicle rollovers, rear roof-rail airbags. See Airbag System Inflate? impacts, or in many side impacts. on page 3‑28. Roof-rail airbags are Your vehicle has seat position intended to inflate in moderate to In a deployment event, the sensing sensors which enables the sensing severe side crashes. Roof-rail system sends an electrical signal system to monitor the position of airbags will inflate if the crash triggering a release of gas from the the driver's seat and the right front severity is above the system's inflator. Gas from the inflator fills the passenger's seat. Seat position designed threshold level. The airbag causing the bag to break out sensors provide information that is threshold level can vary with of the cover and deploy. The inflator, used to determine if the airbags specific vehicle design. the airbag, and related hardware are should deploy at a reduced level or Roof-rail airbags are not intended to all part of the airbag module. at full deployment. inflate in frontal impacts, near-frontal Frontal airbag modules are located In addition, your vehicle has impacts, rollovers, or rear impacts. inside the steering wheel and dual-stage frontal airbags. Both roof-rail airbags will deploy instrument panel. For vehicles with Dual-stage airbags adjust the when either side of the vehicle is seat‐mounted side impact airbags, restraint according to crash severity. struck. there are airbags modules in the Your vehicle has electronic frontal In any particular crash, no one side of the front seatbacks closest sensors, which help the sensing can say whether an airbag should to the door. For vehicles with system distinguish between a have inflated simply because of the roof-rail airbags, there are airbag moderate frontal impact and a more damage to a vehicle or because modules in the ceiling of the vehicle, severe frontal impact. For moderate of what the repair costs were. near the side windows that have frontal impacts, dual-stage airbags For frontal airbags, inflation is occupant seating positions. inflate at a level less than full determined by what the vehicle hits, deployment. For more severe frontal the angle of the impact, and how impacts, full deployment occurs. quickly the vehicle slows down. For roof-rail airbags, deployment is determined by the location and severity of the side impact. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (33,1)

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How Does an Airbag Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement { WARNING Restrain? to safety belts. In moderate to severe frontal or When an airbag inflates, there near frontal collisions, even belted What Will You See After may be dust in the air. This dust could cause breathing problems occupants can contact the steering an Airbag Inflates? wheel or the instrument panel. In for people with a history of moderate to severe side collisions, After the frontal airbags inflate, they asthma or other breathing trouble. even belted occupants can contact quickly deflate, so quickly that some To avoid this, everyone in the the inside of the vehicle. people may not even realize the vehicle should get out as soon as airbags inflated. Roof-rail airbags it is safe to do so. If you have Airbags supplement the protection may still be at least partially inflated breathing problems but cannot provided by safety belts. Frontal for some time after they deploy. airbags distribute the force of the get out of the vehicle after an Some components of the airbag impact more evenly over the airbag inflates, then get fresh air module may be hot for several occupant's upper body, stopping the by opening a window or a door. minutes. For location of the airbag occupant more gradually. Roof-rail If you experience breathing modules, see What Makes an airbags distribute the force of the problems following an airbag Airbag Inflate? on page 3 32. impact more evenly over the ‑ deployment, you should seek occupant's upper body. The parts of the airbag that come medical attention. into contact with you may be warm, But airbags would not help in but not too hot to touch. There may many types of collisions, primarily The vehicle has a feature that may be some smoke and dust coming because the occupant's motion automatically unlock the doors from the vents in the deflated is not toward those airbags. See (if equipped with power door locks), airbags. Airbag inflation does not When Should an Airbag Inflate? on turn the interior lamps on, flash the prevent the driver from seeing out of page 3 31 for more information. hazard warning flashers, turn off ‑ the windshield or being able to steer the radio, and shut off the fuel the vehicle, nor does it prevent system after the airbag inflates. people from leaving the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (34,1)

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You can lock the doors again by Additional windshield breakage may . Let only qualified technicians using the door lock. The interior also occur from the right front work on the airbag system. lamps and hazard warning flashers passenger airbag. Improper service can mean that will deactivate after approximately the airbag system will not work . Airbags are designed to inflate 15 minutes. properly. See your dealer for only once. After an airbag service. { inflates, you will need some WARNING new parts for the airbag system. Passenger Sensing If you do not get them, the A crash severe enough to inflate airbag system will not be there System the airbags may have also to help protect you in another If the vehicle has one of the damaged important functions in crash. A new system will include passenger airbag status indicators the vehicle, such as the fuel airbag modules and possibly pictured in the following illustrations, system, brake and steering other parts. The service manual then the vehicle has a passenger systems, etc. Even if the vehicle for your vehicle covers the need sensing system for the right front appears to be drivable after a to replace other parts. passenger position. The passenger moderate crash, there may be . Your vehicle has a crash airbag status indicator, if equipped, concealed damage that could sensing and diagnostic module is visible on the instrument panel make it difficult to safely operate which records information after when the vehicle is started. the vehicle. a crash. See Vehicle Data In addition, if the vehicle has a Use caution if you should attempt Recording and Privacy on passenger sensing system for the to restart the engine after a crash page 13‑17 and Event Data right front passenger position, the has occurred. Recorders on page 13‑17. label on the vehicle's sun visors refer to “ADVANCED AIRBAGS”. In many crashes severe enough to inflate the airbag, windshields are broken by vehicle deformation. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (35,1)

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The passenger sensing system will According to accident statistics, turn off the right front passenger children and infants are safer frontal airbag under certain when properly restrained in a child conditions. The driver airbag is not restraint system or infant restraint affected by the passenger sensing system secured in a rear seating system. position. United States The passenger sensing system We recommend that children be works with sensors that are part secured in a rear seat, including: of the right front passenger seat. an infant or a child riding in a The sensors are designed to detect rear-facing child restraint; a child the presence of a properly-seated riding in a forward-facing child seat; occupant and determine if the right an older child riding in a booster front passenger frontal airbag seat; and children, who are large should be enabled (may inflate) enough, using safety belts. Canada and Mexico or not. We recommend that rear‐facing The words ON and OFF, or the child restraints not be transported in symbol for on and off, will be visible the vehicle, even if the airbag is off. during the system check. When the system check is complete, either the word ON or OFF, or the symbol for on or off will be visible. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 5‑12. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (36,1)

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A label on your sun visor says, The passenger sensing system is “Never put a rear-facing child seat WARNING (Continued) designed to turn off the right front in the front.” This is because the risk passenger airbag if: to the rear-facing child is so great, Even if the passenger sensing . The right front passenger seat is system has turned off the right if the airbag deploys. unoccupied. front passenger frontal airbag, no { WARNING system is fail-safe. No one can . The system determines that an guarantee that an airbag will not infant is present in a rear-facing A child in a rear-facing child deploy under some unusual infant seat. restraint can be seriously circumstance, even though the . The system determines that a injured or killed if the right front airbag is turned off. small child is present in a child passenger airbag inflates. This restraint. Secure rear-facing child is because the back of the restraints in a rear seat, even if . The system determines that a rear-facing child restraint would the airbag is off. If you secure a small child is present in a be very close to the inflating forward-facing child restraint in booster seat. airbag. A child in a forward-facing the right front seat, always move . child restraint can be seriously A right front passenger takes the front passenger seat as far injured or killed if the right front his/her weight off of the seat for back as it will go. It is better to a period of time. passenger airbag inflates and the secure the child restraint in a passenger seat is in a forward . The right front passenger seat is rear seat. position. occupied by a smaller person, (Continued) such as a child who has If your vehicle does not have a outgrown child restraints. rear seat that will accommodate . Or, if there is a critical problem a rear-facing child restraint, a with the airbag system or the rear-facing child restraint should not passenger sensing system. be installed in the vehicle, even if the airbag is off. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (37,1)

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When the passenger sensing should wear a safety belt 3. Remove any additional items system has turned off the right front properly — whether or not there from the seat such as blankets, passenger frontal airbag, the off is an airbag for that person. cushions, seat covers, seat indicator will light and stay lit to heaters, or seat massagers. remind you that the airbag is off. { WARNING 4. Reinstall the child restraint See Passenger Airbag Status following the directions Indicator on page 5‑12. If the airbag readiness light ever provided by the child restraint The passenger sensing system is comes on and stays on, it means manufacturer and refer to designed to turn on (may inflate) the that something may be wrong Securing Child Restraints (Rear right front passenger frontal airbag with the airbag system. To help Seat Position) on page 3‑60 or anytime the system senses that avoid injury to yourself or others, Securing Child Restraints a person of adult size is sitting have the vehicle serviced right (Center Front Seat Position) on properly in the right front passenger away. See Airbag Readiness page 3‑62 or Securing Child seat. When the passenger sensing Light on page 5‑12 for more Restraints (Right Front Seat system has allowed the airbag to be information, including important Position) on page 3‑63. enabled, the on indicator will light safety information. 5. If, after reinstalling the child and stay lit to remind you that the restraint and restarting the airbag is active. If the On Indicator is Lit for a vehicle, the on indicator is still lit, For some children who have Child Restraint turn the vehicle off. Then slightly outgrown child restraints and for recline the vehicle seatback very small adults, the passenger If a child restraint has been installed and adjust the seat cushion, sensing system may or may not and the on indicator is lit: if adjustable, to make sure that turn off the right front passenger's 1. Turn the vehicle off. the vehicle seatback is not frontal airbag, depending upon the pushing the child restraint into person's seating posture and body 2. Remove the child restraint from the seat cushion. build. Everyone in your vehicle the vehicle. who has outgrown child restraints GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (38,1)

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Also make sure the child If the Off Indicator is Lit for an system to detect that person and restraint is not trapped under Adult‐Size Occupant enable the right front passenger the vehicle head restraint. If this frontal airbag: happens, adjust the head 1. Turn the vehicle off. restraint. See Head Restraints on page 3‑2. 2. Remove any additional material from the seat, such as blankets, 6. Restart the vehicle. cushions, seat covers, seat If the on indicator is still lit, heaters, or seat massagers. secure the child in the child 3. Place the seatback in the fully restraint in a rear seat position in upright position. the vehicle and check with your dealer. 4. Have the person sit upright in the seat, centered on the seat If no rear seat is available, do cushion, with legs comfortably not install a child restraint in this extended. vehicle and check with your If a person of adult-size is sitting in dealer. 5. Restart the vehicle and have the the right front passenger seat, but person remain in this position for the off indicator is lit, it could be two to three minutes after the on because that person is not sitting indicator is lit. properly in the seat. If this happens, use the following steps to allow the GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (39,1)

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Additional Factors Affecting passenger sensing system information about servicing the System Operation operates. We recommend that vehicle and the airbag system. To you not use seat covers or other purchase a service manual, see Safety belts help keep the aftermarket equipment except when Service Publications Ordering passenger in position on the approved by GM for your specific Information on page 13‑15. seat during vehicle maneuvers vehicle. See Adding Equipment to and braking, which helps the the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle on passenger sensing system { WARNING page 3‑40 for more information maintain the passenger airbag about modifications that can affect For up to 10 seconds after the status. See Safety Belts and “ ” how the system operates. ignition is turned off and the “Child Restraints” in the Index for additional information about the battery is disconnected, an airbag importance { WARNING can still inflate during improper of proper restraint use. service. You can be injured if you Stowing of articles under the are close to an airbag when it If the shoulder portion of the belt is passenger seat or between the inflates. Avoid yellow connectors. pulled out all the way, the child passenger seat cushion and They are probably part of the restraint locking feature will be seatback may interfere with the airbag system. Be sure to follow engaged. This may unintentionally proper operation of the passenger proper service procedures, and cause the passenger sensing sensing system. make sure the person performing system to turn the airbag off for some adult size occupants. If this work for you is qualified to do so. happens, let the belt go back all the Servicing the way and start again. Airbag-Equipped Vehicle A thick layer of additional material, Airbags affect how the vehicle such as a blanket or cushion, should be serviced. There are parts or aftermarket equipment such as of the airbag system in several seat covers, seat heaters, and seat places around the vehicle. Your massagers can affect how well the dealer and the service manual have GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (40,1)

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Adding Equipment to the system may not operate Satisfaction Procedure in properly if the original seat trim this manual. See Customer Airbag-Equipped Vehicle is replaced with non-GM covers, Satisfaction Procedure Q: Is there anything I might add upholstery or trim, or with (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑1 to or change about the vehicle GM covers, upholstery or or Customer Satisfaction that could keep the airbags trim designed for a different Procedure (Mexico) on from working properly? vehicle. Any object, such as an page 13‑3. aftermarket seat heater or a A: Yes. If you add things that Q: Because I have a disability, comfort enhancing pad or change the vehicle's frame, I have to get my vehicle device, installed under or on top bumper system, height, front end modified. How can I find out of the seat fabric, could also or side sheet metal, they may whether this will affect my interfere with the operation of keep the airbag system from airbag system? the passenger sensing system. working properly. Changing or This could either prevent proper A: If you have questions, call moving any parts of the front deployment of the passenger Customer Assistance. The seats, safety belts, the airbag airbag(s) or prevent the phone numbers and addresses sensing and diagnostic module, passenger sensing system for Customer Assistance are in steering wheel, instrument from properly turning off the Step Two of the Customer panel, roof-rail airbag modules, passenger airbag(s). See Satisfaction Procedure in ceiling headliner or pillar garnish Passenger Sensing System on this manual. See Customer trim, front sensors, or airbag page 3 34. Satisfaction Procedure wiring can affect the operation of ‑ (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑1 the airbag system. If you have any questions, call Customer Assistance. The or Customer Satisfaction In addition, the vehicle may have phone numbers and addresses Procedure (Mexico) on a passenger sensing system for Customer Assistance are page 13‑3. for the right front passenger in Step Two of the Customer position, which includes sensors that are part of the passenger seat. The passenger sensing GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (41,1)

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In addition, your dealer and the Replacing Airbag System If an airbag inflates, you will need to service manual have information replace airbag system parts. See about the location of the airbag Parts After a Crash your dealer for service. sensors, sensing and diagnostic { WARNING If the airbag readiness light stays on module and airbag wiring. after the vehicle is started or comes on when you are driving, the airbag Airbag System Check A crash can damage the airbag systems in your vehicle. system may not work properly. The airbag system does not need A damaged airbag system may Have the vehicle serviced right away. See Airbag Readiness Light regularly scheduled maintenance not work properly and may on page 5 12 for more information. or replacement. Make sure the not protect you and your ‑ airbag readiness light is working. passenger(s) in a crash, resulting See Airbag Readiness Light on in serious injury or even death. page 5‑12 for more information. To help make sure your airbag Notice: If an airbag covering is systems are working properly damaged, opened, or broken, the after a crash, have them airbag may not work properly. inspected and any necessary Do not open or break the airbag replacements made as soon as coverings. If there are any possible. opened or broken airbag covers, have the airbag covering and/or airbag module replaced. For the location of the airbag modules, see What Makes an Airbag Inflate? on page 3‑32. See your dealer for service. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (42,1)

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Child Restraints The manufacturer's instructions that . Can proper safety belt fit be come with the booster seat state the maintained for the length of the weight and height limitations for that trip? If yes, continue. If no, Older Children booster. Use a booster seat with return to the booster seat. a lap-shoulder belt until the child Q: What is the proper way to passes the fit test below: wear safety belts? . Sit all the way back on the seat. A: An older child should wear a Do the knees bend at the seat lap-shoulder belt and get the edge? If yes, continue. If no, additional restraint a shoulder return to the booster seat. belt can provide. The shoulder . Buckle the lap-shoulder belt. belt should not cross the face Does the shoulder belt rest on or neck. The lap belt should fit the shoulder? If yes, continue. snugly below the hips, just If no, try using the rear safety touching the top of the thighs. belt comfort guide. See “Rear This applies belt force to the Safety Belt Comfort Guides” child's pelvic bones in a crash. under Lap-Shoulder Belt on It should never be worn over the Older children who have outgrown page 3 21 for more information. abdomen, which could cause booster seats should wear the ‑ If the shoulder belt still does not severe or even fatal internal vehicle's safety belts. rest on the shoulder, then return injuries in a crash. to the booster seat. Also see “Rear Safety Belt Comfort . Does the lap belt fit low and Guides” under Lap-Shoulder Belt on snug on the hips, touching the page 3‑21. thighs? If yes, continue. If no, return to the booster seat. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (43,1)

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According to accident statistics, children and infants are safer WARNING (Continued) when properly restrained in a child restraint system or infant restraint might also slide under the lap system secured in a rear seating belt. The belt force would then be position. applied right on the abdomen. That could cause serious or fatal In a crash, children who are not injuries. The shoulder belt should buckled up can strike other people go over the shoulder and across who are buckled up, or can be the chest. thrown out of the vehicle. Older children need to use safety belts properly. { WARNING { WARNING Never do this. Never do this. Never allow a child to wear the Never allow two children to wear safety belt with the shoulder belt the same safety belt. The safety behind their back. A child can be belt can not properly spread the seriously injured by not wearing impact forces. In a crash, the the lap-shoulder belt properly. two children can be crushed In a crash, the child would not be together and seriously injured. restrained by the shoulder belt. A safety belt must be used by The child could move too far only one person at a time. forward increasing the chance of head and neck injury. The child (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (44,1)

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Infants and Young Airbags plus lap‐shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older WARNING (Continued) Children children, but not for young children Everyone in a vehicle needs and infants. Neither the vehicle's For example, in a crash at only protection! This includes infants safety belt system nor its airbag 40 km/h (25 mph), a 5.5 kg (12 lb) and all other children. Neither the system is designed for them. Every infant will suddenly become distance traveled nor the age and time infants and young children ride a 110 kg (240 lb) force on a size of the traveler changes the in vehicles, they should have the person's arms. An infant should need, for everyone, to use safety protection provided by appropriate be secured in an appropriate restraints. In fact, the law in every child restraints. restraint. state in the United States and in Children who are not restrained every Canadian province says properly can strike other people, children up to some age must be or can be thrown out of the vehicle. restrained while in a vehicle. { WARNING { WARNING Never do this. Children can be seriously injured or strangled if a shoulder belt is Never hold an infant or a child wrapped around their neck and while riding in a vehicle. Due to the safety belt continues to crash forces, an infant or a child tighten. Never leave children will become so heavy it is not unattended in a vehicle and never possible to hold it during a crash. allow children to play with the (Continued) safety belts. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (45,1)

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types. Selection of a particular { WARNING restraint should take into consideration not only the child's Never do this. weight, height, and age but also Children who are up against, whether or not the restraint will or very close to, any airbag when be compatible with the motor it inflates can be seriously injured vehicle in which it will be used. or killed. Never put a rear-facing For most basic types of child child restraint in the right front restraints, there are many seat. Secure a rear-facing child different models available. When restraint in a rear seat. It is also purchasing a child restraint, be better to secure a forward-facing sure it is designed to be used child restraint in a rear seat. If you Q: What are the different types of in a motor vehicle. If it is, the must secure a forward-facing add-on child restraints? restraint will have a label saying child restraint in the right front A: Add-on child restraints, which that it meets federal motor seat, always move the front are purchased by the vehicle's vehicle safety standards. passenger seat as far back as it owner, are available in four basic will go. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (46,1)

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The restraint manufacturer's Child Restraint Systems instructions that come with the { WARNING restraint state the weight and height limitations for a particular A young child's hip bones are still child restraint. In addition, there so small that the vehicle's regular are many kinds of restraints safety belt may not remain low available for children with on the hip bones, as it should. special needs. Instead, it may settle up around the child's abdomen. In a crash, { WARNING the belt would apply force on a body area that is unprotected by To reduce the risk of neck and any bony structure. This alone head injury during a crash, infants could cause serious or fatal need complete support. This is injuries. To reduce the risk of because an infant's neck is not serious or fatal injuries during a (A) Rear‐Facing Infant Seat fully developed and its head crash, young children should A rear-facing infant seat (A) weighs so much compared with always be secured in appropriate provides restraint with the seating the rest of its body. In a crash, child restraints. surface against the back of the an infant in a rear-facing child infant. restraint settles into the restraint, The harness system holds the infant so the crash forces can be in place and, in a crash, acts to distributed across the strongest keep the infant positioned in the part of an infant's body, the back restraint. and shoulders. Infants should always be secured in rear-facing child restraints. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (47,1)

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Securing an Add-On Child Restraint in the Vehicle

{ WARNING

A child can be seriously injured or killed in a crash if the child restraint is not properly secured in the vehicle. Secure the child restraint properly in the vehicle using the vehicle's safety belt or LATCH system, following the (B) Forward-Facing Child Seat (C) Booster Seats instructions that came with that A forward-facing child seat (B) A booster seat (C) is a child restraint child restraint and the instructions provides restraint for the child's designed to improve the fit of in this manual. body with the harness. the vehicle's safety belt system. A booster seat can also help a child To help reduce the chance of to see out the window. injury, the child restraint must be secured in the vehicle. Child restraint systems must be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or the lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder belt, or by the LATCH system. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on page 3‑50 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (48,1)

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Children can be endangered in a Administration (NHTSA) website We recommend that children and crash if the child restraint is not to locate the nearest child safety child restraints be secured in a rear properly secured in the vehicle. seat inspection station. For CPST seat, including: an infant or a child When securing an add-on child availability in Canada, check with riding in a rear-facing child restraint; restraint, refer to the instructions Transport Canada or the Provincial a child riding in a forward-facing that come with the restraint which Ministry of Transportation office. child seat; an older child riding in a may be on the restraint itself or in a booster seat; and children, who are Securing the Child Within the large enough, using safety belts. booklet, or both, and to this manual. Child Restraint The child restraint instructions A label on your sun visor says, are important, so if they are not Never put a rear-facing child seat { WARNING “ available, obtain a replacement in the front.” This is because the risk copy from the manufacturer. A child can be seriously injured to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys. Keep in mind that an unsecured or killed in a crash if the child child restraint can move around in a is not properly secured in the collision or sudden stop and injure child restraint. Secure the child { WARNING people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly following the instructions A child in a rear-facing child properly secure any child restraint in that came with that child restraint. the vehicle — even when no child restraint can be seriously is in it. injured or killed if the right front Where to Put the passenger airbag inflates. This In some areas of the United States is because the back of the and Canada, Certified Child Restraint rear-facing child restraint would Passenger Safety Technicians According to accident statistics, be very close to the inflating (CPSTs) are available to inspect children and infants are safer airbag. A child in a forward-facing and demonstrate how to correctly when properly restrained in a child use and install child restraints. In child restraint can be seriously restraint system or infant restraint injured or killed if the right front the U.S., refer to the National system secured in a rear seating Highway Traffic Safety position. (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (49,1)

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Do not use child restraints in the WARNING (Continued) WARNING (Continued) center front seat position. passenger airbag inflates and the the front passenger seat as far When securing a child restraint in passenger seat is in a forward back as it will go. It is better to a rear seating position, study the position. secure the child restraint in a instructions that came with your rear seat. child restraint to make sure it is The vehicle may have a compatible with this vehicle. passenger sensing system which See Passenger Sensing System If your vehicle does not have a is designed to turn off the right on page 3‑34 for additional rear seat that will accommodate front passenger frontal airbag information. a rear-facing child restraint, we under certain conditions. recommend that rear-facing child Even if the passenger sensing restraints not be transported in your system, if equipped, has turned { WARNING vehicle, even if the airbag is off. off the right front passenger Child restraints and booster seats frontal airbag, no system is A child in a child restraint in the vary considerably in size, and some fail-safe. No one can guarantee center front seat can be badly may fit in certain seating positions that an airbag will not deploy injured or killed by the frontal better than others. Always make under some unusual airbags if they inflate. Never sure the child restraint is properly circumstance, even though secure a child restraint in the secured. it is turned off. center front seat. It is always better to secure a child restraint in Secure rear-facing child a rear seat. restraints in a rear seat, even if the airbag is off. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (50,1)

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Depending on where you place the Lower Anchors and When installing a child restraint with child restraint and the size of the a top tether, you must also use child restraint, you may not be able Tethers for Children either the lower anchors or the to access adjacent safety belt (LATCH System) safety belts to properly secure the assemblies or LATCH anchors for The LATCH system holds a child child restraint. A child restraint must additional passengers or child restraint during driving or in a crash. never be installed using only the top restraints. Adjacent seating This system is designed to make tether and anchor. positions should not be used if the installation of a child restraint easier. In order to use the LATCH system child restraint prevents access to or The LATCH system uses anchors in in your vehicle, you need a interferes with the routing of the the vehicle and attachments on the child restraint that has LATCH safety belt. child restraint that are made for use attachments. The child restraint Wherever you install a child with the LATCH system. manufacturer will provide you with restraint, be sure to secure the Make sure that a LATCH-compatible instructions on how to use the child restraint properly. child restraint is properly installed child restraint and its attachments. Keep in mind that an unsecured using the anchors, or use the The following explains how to child restraint can move around in a vehicle's safety belts to secure the attach a child restraint with these collision or sudden stop and injure restraint, following the instructions attachments in your vehicle. people in the vehicle. Be sure to that came with that restraint, and Not all vehicle seating positions or properly secure any child restraint in also the instructions in this manual. child restraints have lower anchors your vehicle — even when no child and attachments or top tether is in it. anchors and attachments. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (51,1)

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Lower Anchors Top Tether Anchor Your child restraint may have a single tether (A) or a dual tether (C). Either will have a single attachment (B) to secure the top tether to the anchor. Some child restraints that have a top tether are designed for use with or without the top tether being attached. Others require the top tether always to be attached. In Canada, the law requires that Lower anchors (A) are metal bars A top tether (A, C) anchors the forward-facing child restraints have built into the vehicle. There are top of the child restraint to the a top tether, and that the tether two lower anchors for each vehicle. A top tether anchor is built be attached. Be sure to read and LATCH seating position that will into the vehicle. The top tether follow the instructions for your child accommodate a child restraint with attachment (B) on the child restraint restraint. lower attachments (B). connects to the top tether anchor in If the child restraint does not have a the vehicle in order to reduce the top tether, one can be obtained, in forward movement and rotation of the child restraint during driving or in kit form, for many child restraints. Ask the child restraint manufacturer a crash. whether or not a kit is available. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (52,1)

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Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations

Extended Cab — Rear Seat Front Seat — Regular i (Top Tether Anchor): Seating and Extended Cab without Rear Crew Cab Rear Seat positions with top tether anchors. Seats — i i (Top Tether Anchor): Seating j (Lower Anchor): Seating (Top Tether Anchor): Seating positions with top tether anchors. positions with two lower anchors. positions with top tether anchors. j (Lower Anchor): Seating For crew cab models, there are positions with two lower anchors. exposed metal lower anchors for each rear outboard seating position, located where the seatback meets the back of the seat cushion. For extended cab models with rear seats, there are exposed metal lower anchors for each rear seating position, attached to the back wall, near the seat cushion. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (53,1)

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To assist you in locating the lower anchors, place your hand in a palm-up position and reach up between the seat cushion and the seatback.

To assist you in locating the top Crew Cab Extended Cab — Rear Seat tether anchors, the top tether anchor The top tether anchors in a crew The top tether anchors in an symbol is located on the cover. cab model are located on the back extended cab model are located on wall behind each rear seating the center of the back wall behind a position. Be sure to use an anchor removable cover for the rear seating located on the same side of the positions. Be sure to use an anchor vehicle as the seating position located nearest to the seating where the child restraint will be position where the child restraint will placed. be placed. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (54,1)

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the instructions that come with the child restraint say that the top tether WARNING (Continued) must be attached. safety belts to secure the According to accident statistics, restraint, following the instructions children and infants are safer when that came with the child restraint properly restrained in a child and the instructions in this restraint system or infant restraint manual. system secured in a rear seating position. See Where to Put the Restraint on page 3‑48 for additional information. { WARNING

Regular and Extended Cab Securing a Child Restraint Do not attach more than one child without Rear Seats Designed for the LATCH restraint to a single anchor. System For regular and extended cab Attaching more than one child models without rear seats, there is a restraint to a single anchor could top tether anchor located behind a { WARNING cause the anchor or attachment removable cover on the back wall to come loose or even break If a LATCH-type child restraint is behind the right front passenger during a crash. A child or others seat. You may have to pull the not attached to anchors, the child could be injured. To reduce the seatback forward to access the restraint will not be able to protect risk of serious or fatal injuries anchor. the child correctly. In a crash, the during a crash, attach only one child could be seriously injured child restraint per anchor. Do not secure a child restraint in a or killed. Install a LATCH-type position without a top tether anchor child restraint properly using the if a national or local law requires anchors, or use the vehicle's that the top tether be attached, or if (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (55,1)

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Crew Cab — Rear Seat Seats (Extended Cab) on { WARNING page 3‑10 or Rear Seats (Crew Cab) on page 3‑10. Children can be seriously injured or strangled if a shoulder belt is 2.2. Route the top tether wrapped around their neck and according to your child the safety belt continues to restraint instructions and tighten. Buckle any unused safety the following instructions: belts behind the child restraint so children cannot reach them. Pull the shoulder belt all the way out of the retractor to set the lock, if your vehicle has one, after the child restraint has been installed. 1. Put the child restraint on Notice: Do not let the LATCH the seat. attachments rub against the 2. If the child restraint vehicle’s safety belts. This may manufacturer's instructions damage these parts. If necessary, recommends that the top tether move buckled safety belts to be attached, attach the top avoid rubbing the LATCH tether to the top tether If the position you are using attachments. anchor (A). Refer to the child has a fixed headrest or Do not fold the empty rear seat restraint instructions and the head restraint and you are with a safety belt buckled. This following steps: using a single tether, route could damage the safety belt or 2.1. Pull the seatback forward the tether over the head the seat. Unbuckle and return the to access the top tether restraint. safety belt to its stowed position, anchors (A). See Rear before folding the seat. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (56,1)

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2.4. Push rearward on the seatback until it locks into its upright position. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is secured properly. 3. Attach and tighten the lower attachments to the lower anchors. If the child restraint If the position you are using If the position you are does not have lower has an adjustable headrest using has a fixed or attachments or the desired or head restraint and you adjustable headrest or seating position does not have are using a single tether, head restraint and you lower anchors, secure the child raise the headrest or head are using a dual tether, restraint with the top tether and restraint and route the route the tether around the the safety belts. Refer to your tether under the headrest headrest or head restraint. child restraint manufacturer or head restraint and in 2.3. Attach the top tether to the instructions and the instructions between the headrest or anchor (A). Make sure that in this manual. head restraint posts. you secure the top tether 3.1. Find the lower anchors to the top tether anchor for the desired seating and not to the seatback position. latch (B). 3.2. Attach and tighten the lower attachments on the child restraint to the lower anchors. 4. Tighten the top tether. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (57,1)

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5. Before placing a child in the does not have lower the top tether to the top tether child restraint, make sure it is attachments or the desired anchor (C). Refer to the child securely held in place. To check, seating position does not have restraint instructions and the grasp the child restraint at the lower anchors, secure the child following steps: LATCH path and attempt to restraint with the top tether and move it side‐to‐side and the safety belts. Refer to your back‐and‐forth. There should child restraint manufacturer be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) instructions and the instructions of movement, for proper in this manual. installation. 1.1. Find the lower anchors (D) Extended Cab — Rear Seat for the desired seating position. 1.2. Put the child restraint on the seat. 1.3. Attach the lower attachments on the child restraint to the lower 2.1. Pull on the finger access anchors (D) in the vehicle. tab to remove the cover The child restraint to access the top tether instructions will show anchors (C). you how. 2.2. Route the top tether (A) 2. If the child restraint manufacturer through the loop (B) at recommends that the top tether the top of the seatback 1. Attach and tighten the lower be attached, attach and tighten to attach the top tether attachments to the lower to the nearest top tether anchors. If the child restraint anchor (C). GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (58,1)

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3. Tighten the lower anchor See Securing Child Restraints (Rear 2. If the child restraint attachments and the top tether. Seat Position) on page 3‑60 or manufacturer's instructions The child restraint instructions Securing Child Restraints (Center recommends that the top tether will show you how. Front Seat Position) on page 3‑62 be attached, attach and tighten 4. Before placing a child in the or Securing Child Restraints (Right the top tether to the top tether child restraint, make sure it is Front Seat Position) on page 3‑63 anchor. Refer to the child securely held in place. To check, and Passenger Sensing System on restraint instructions and the grasp the child restraint at the page 3‑34 for important safety following steps: LATCH path and attempt to information and additional 2.1. Pull the seatback forward information on installing a child move it side‐to‐side and to access the top tether restraint in the right front seat back‐and‐forth. There should anchor. See Seatback position. be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) Latches on page 3‑7. of movement, for proper 1. See Securing Child Restraints 2.2. Pull on the finger access installation. (Rear Seat Position) on tab to remove the cover page 3‑60 or Securing Child Front Seat — Regular/ to access the top tether Restraints (Center Front Seat anchor. Extended Cab without Rear Position) on page 3‑62 or Seats Securing Child Restraints The vehicle has a right front (Right Front Seat Position) on passenger airbag and may also page 3‑63 for instructions on have a passenger sensing system. installing the child restraint using If the vehicle has a passenger the safety belts. sensing system it is designed to turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag when an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in a forward-facing child restraint or booster seat is detected. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (59,1)

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2.3. Route the top tether according to your child restraint instructions and the following instructions:

If the position you are using If the position you are using has an adjustable headrest has a fixed or adjustable or head restraint and you headrest or head restraint are using a single tether, and you are using a dual raise the headrest or head tether, route the tether restraint and route the around the headrest or tether under the headrest head restraint. or head restraint and in 3. Attach and tighten the top tether If the position you are using between the headrest or according to your child restraint has a fixed headrest or head restraint posts. instructions. head restraint and you are using a single tether, route the tether over the headrest or head restraint. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (60,1)

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4. Before placing a child in the If your child restraint has the child restraint, make sure it is WARNING (Continued) LATCH system, see Lower Anchors securely held in place. To check, and Tethers for Children (LATCH system inspected and any grasp the child restraint at the System) on page 3‑50 for how to LATCH path and attempt to necessary replacements made install your child restraint using move it side‐to‐side and as soon as possible. LATCH. If you secure a child back‐and‐forth. There should restraint using a safety belt and be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) If the vehicle has the LATCH system it uses a top tether, see Lower of movement, for proper and it was being used during a Anchors and Tethers for Children installation. crash, new LATCH system parts (LATCH System) on page 3‑50 for may be needed. top tether anchor locations. Replacing LATCH System New parts and repairs may be Do not secure a child restraint in a Parts After a Crash necessary even if the LATCH position without a top tether anchor system was not being used at the if a national or local law requires { WARNING time of the crash. that the top tether be anchored, or if the instructions that come with the A crash can damage the LATCH Securing Child Restraints child restraint say that the top strap system in the vehicle. A damaged (Rear Seat Position) must be anchored. LATCH system may not properly In Canada, the law requires that secure the child restraint, When securing a child restraint in forward-facing child restraints have resulting in serious injury or even a rear seating position, study the a top tether, and that the tether be death in a crash. To help make instructions that came with your attached. sure the LATCH system is child restraint to make sure it is working properly after a crash, compatible with this vehicle. see your dealer to have the (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (61,1)

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If your child restraint does not have the LATCH system, you will be using the safety belt to secure the child restraint in this position. Be sure to follow the instructions that came with the child restraint. Secure the child in the child restraint when and as the instructions say. If you need to install more than one child restraint in the rear seat, be sure to read Where to Put the Restraint on page 3‑48. 1. Put the child restraint on 3. Push the latch plate into the 4. Pull the shoulder belt all the way the seat. buckle until it clicks. out of the retractor to set the lock. When the retractor lock is 2. Pick up the latch plate, and run Make sure the release button is positioned so you would be set, the belt can be tightened but the lap and shoulder portions of not pulled out of the retractor. the vehicle's safety belt through able to unbuckle the safety belt or around the restraint. The child quickly if necessary. 5. If your child restraint has a top restraint instructions will show tether, attach the top tether you how. to the top tether anchor. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on page 3‑50. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (62,1)

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Try to pull the belt out of the Securing Child Restraints retractor to make sure the retractor is locked. If the (Center Front Seat retractor is not locked, repeat Position) Steps 4 and 6. 7. Tighten the top tether. See { WARNING Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on A child in a child restraint in the page 3‑50. center front seat can be badly injured or killed by the frontal 8. Before placing a child in the airbags if they inflate. Never child restraint, make sure it is secure a child restraint in the securely held in place. To check, center front seat. It is always 6. To tighten the belt, push down grasp the child restraint at the better to secure a child restraint in on the child restraint, pull the safety belt path and attempt a rear seat. shoulder portion of the belt to to move it side‐to‐side and tighten the lap portion of the belt, back‐and‐forth. When the child and feed the shoulder belt back restraint is properly installed, Do not use child restraints in the into the retractor. When installing there should be no more than center front seat position. a forward-facing child restraint, 2.5 cm (1 in) of movement. it may be helpful to use your knee to push down on the child To remove the child restraint, restraint as you tighten the belt. unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt and let it go back all the way. If the top tether is attached to a top tether anchor, disconnect it. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (63,1)

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Securing Child Restraints { WARNING WARNING (Continued) (Right Front Seat Position) A child in a rear-facing child system is fail-safe. No one can restraint can be seriously guarantee that an airbag will not This vehicle has airbags. A rear injured or killed if the right front deploy under some unusual seat is a safer place to secure a passenger airbag inflates. circumstance, even though it is forward-facing child restraint. See This is because the back of the turned off. Where to Put the Restraint on rear-facing child restraint would page 3‑48. Secure rear-facing child be very close to the inflating restraints in a rear seat, even if In addition, the vehicle may have a airbag. A child in a forward-facing the airbag is off. If you secure a passenger sensing system which is child restraint can be seriously designed to turn off the right front forward-facing child restraint in injured or killed if the right front the right front seat, always move passenger's frontal airbag under passenger airbag inflates and the certain conditions. See Passenger the front passenger seat as far passenger seat is in a forward back as it will go. It is better to Sensing System on page 3‑34 and position. Passenger Airbag Status Indicator secure the child restraint in a on page 5‑12 for more information The vehicle may have a rear seat. on this, including important safety passenger sensing system which See Passenger Sensing System information. is designed to turn off the right on page 3‑34 for additional A label on the sun visor says, front passenger frontal airbag information. under certain conditions. “Never put a rear-facing child seat in the front. This is because the risk ” Even if the passenger sensing If the vehicle does not have a rear to the rear-facing child is so great, system, if equipped, has seat that will accommodate a if the airbag deploys. turned off the right front rear-facing child restraint, a child passenger frontal airbag, no restraint should not be installed in (Continued) your vehicle, even if the airbag is off. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (64,1)

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If your child restraint has the LATCH In Canada, the law requires that system, see Lower Anchors and forward-facing child restraints have Tethers for Children (LATCH a top tether, and that the tether be System) on page 3‑50 for how and attached. where to install your child restraint You will be using the lap-shoulder using LATCH. If a child restraint is belt to secure the child restraint in secured using a safety belt and it this position. Follow the instructions uses a top tether, see Lower that came with the child restraint. Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on page 3‑50 for 1. Move the seat as far back as top tether anchor locations. it will go before securing the forward-facing child restraint. Do not secure a child seat in a position without a top tether anchor 2. Put the child restraint on 4. Push the latch plate into the if a national or local law requires the seat. buckle until it clicks. that the top tether be anchored, or if 3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the instructions that come with the Position the release button on the lap and shoulder portions of the buckle so that the safety child restraint say that the top strap the vehicle's safety belt through must be anchored. belt could be quickly unbuckled or around the restraint. The child if necessary. restraint instructions will show you how. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (65,1)

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Try to pull the belt out of the retractor to make sure the retractor is locked. If the retractor is not locked, repeat Steps 5 and 7. 8. Tighten the top tether. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on page 3‑50. 9. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is securely held in place. To check, 5. Pull the shoulder belt all the way 7. To tighten the belt, push down grasp the child restraint at the out of the retractor to set the on the child restraint, pull the safety belt path and attempt to lock. When the retractor lock is shoulder portion of the belt to move it side to side and back set, the belt can be tightened but tighten the lap portion of the belt, and forth. When the child not pulled out of the retractor. and feed the shoulder belt back restraint is properly installed, 6. If the vehicle does not have a into the retractor. When installing there should be no more than rear seat and the child restraint a forward-facing child restraint, 2.5 cm (1 in) of movement. manufacturer recommends using it may be helpful to use your a top tether anchor, attach the knee to push down on the child top tether to the top tether restraint as you tighten the belt. anchor. Refer to the instructions that came with the child restraint and to Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on page 3‑50. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (66,1)

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If the vehicle is equipped with the passenger sensing system, and when the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when you start the vehicle. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 5‑12. If a child restraint has been installed and on indicator is lit, see “If the On Indicator is Lit for a Child Restraint” under Passenger Sensing System on page 3‑34 for more information. To remove the child restraint, unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and let it return to the stowed position. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

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Storage For vehicles that are an extended Storage cab or crew cab model, the vehicle Compartments also has two rear cupholders. On Storage Compartments crew cab models, the cupholders are located at the front end of the Glove Box ...... 4-1 Glove Box rear center seat cushion. The Cupholders ...... 4-1 Lift up on the glove box lever to cupholder can be removed for Rear Storage ...... 4-2 open it. cleaning by pressing the tab below Center Console Storage ...... 4-3 the cupholder and sliding the Cupholders cupholder forward. This vehicle may have On extended cab models, the rear two cupholders located on the lower seat cupholders are located on top part of the front doors as well as of the rear center console. two cupholders located at the front Vehicles with ashtrays will use end of the console. Vehicles with one of the cupholders. bench seats may have cupholders attached to the front of the center seat. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

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Rear Storage Extended cab models might have storage compartments under the rear seats.

To open a storage box, unhook the Lift the lid from the center area to bottom and lift the two latches on access the storage box. each side of the storage box.

To access the storage compartments, lift the cushion on the bottom of the rear seats. This exposes the storage boxes under the seat. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

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Center Console Storage For vehicles with bench seats, there may be a center armrest storage area. Lift up on the upper tab located at the front of the armrest to release the latch to open. For vehicles with bucket seats or uplevel packages, the vehicle may have a two-tiered center armrest storage area. Lift up on the upper or lower tab at the front of the armrest to open the upper or lower storage area. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

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Tachometer ...... 5-9 Information Displays Instruments and Fuel Gauge ...... 5-10 Driver Information Controls Engine Coolant Temperature Center (DIC) ...... 5-21 Gauge ...... 5-10 Safety Belt Reminders ...... 5-11 Vehicle Messages Controls Airbag Readiness Light ...... 5-12 Vehicle Messages ...... 5-24 Passenger Airbag Status Battery Voltage and Charging Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 5-2 Messages ...... 5-24 Horn ...... 5-2 Indicator ...... 5-12 Charging System Light ...... 5-14 Brake System Messages . . . . 5-25 Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . 5-2 Door Ajar Messages ...... 5-25 Compass ...... 5-3 Malfunction Indicator Lamp ...... 5-14 Engine Cooling System Clock ...... 5-4 Messages ...... 5-26 Power Outlets ...... 5-5 Brake System Warning Light ...... 5-17 Engine Oil Messages ...... 5-26 Cigarette Lighter ...... 5-6 Engine Power Messages . . . . 5-26 Ashtrays ...... 5-6 Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light ...... 5-17 Fuel System Messages ...... 5-27 Warning Lights, Gauges, and Up-Shift Light ...... 5-18 Lamp Messages ...... 5-27 Indicators Traction Control System Ride Control System Warning Lights, Gauges, and (TCS)/StabiliTrak® Light . . . . 5-18 Messages ...... 5-27 Indicators ...... 5-6 Tire Pressure Light ...... 5-19 Service Vehicle Messages . . . 5-28 Chime Level Adjustment ...... 5-7 Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 5-20 Tire Messages ...... 5-28 Instrument Cluster ...... 5-8 Security Light ...... 5-20 Transmission Messages . . . . . 5-28 Speedometer ...... 5-9 High-Beam On Light ...... 5-20 Odometer ...... 5-9 Cruise Control Light ...... 5-21 Trip Odometer ...... 5-9 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

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Controls To adjust: Windshield Wiper/Washer 1. Hold the steering wheel and pull Steering Wheel the lever toward you. Adjustment 2. Move the steering wheel up or down. 3. Release the lever to lock the wheel in place. Do not adjust the steering wheel while driving. Horn To sound the horn, press the horn symbol on the steering wheel pad. The windshield wiper controls are located on the multifunction lever. They are controlled by turning the band with this z symbol. The steering wheel adjustment lever is located on the left side of the The windshield wipers work in steering wheel. all ignition positions, except LOCK/OFF. This includes the Retained Access Power mode. See Retained Accessory Power (RAP) on page 9‑33. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

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Move the band to one of the Windshield Washer Compass Calibration following positions: The compass may need 8 (Mist): Single wipe, move the { WARNING calibration if: band to z and then release it. In freezing weather, do not . CAL is displayed while driving in Several wipes, hold the band use your washer until the the vehicle. on z longer. windshield is warmed. Otherwise . After approximately five seconds, N (Adjustable Interval Wipes): the washer fluid can form ice on the display does not show a For a delayed wiping cycle. Turn the the windshield, blocking your compass heading, N for North, band up for more frequent wipes or vision. for example, there may be a down for less frequent wipes. strong magnetic field interfering with the compass. Interference 6 (Low Speed): Slow wipes, Q L (Washer Fluid): Push the can be caused by a magnetic turn the band to the first solid paddle on top of the multifunction antenna mount, magnetic position past the delay settings. lever to spray washer fluid on the note pad holder, or a similar 1 (High Speed): Fast wipes, windshield. The wipers will clear magnetic item. turn the band to the second solid the window and then either stop or . The compass does not display position past the delay settings. return to your preset speed. the correct heading and the 9 (Off): Turns the wipers off. Compass compass zone variance is set Clear snow and ice from the wiper correctly. blades before using them. If frozen Compass Operation to the windshield, carefully loosen or Press Y b or depending on the thaw them. Damaged wiper blades O should be replaced. mirror, press once to turn the display on or off. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

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To calibrate, CAL must be displayed Clock in the mirror compass windows. If CAL is not displayed, press and AM-FM Radio hold Y b / O for several seconds or Press and hold HR until the correct until CAL is displayed. hour displays. Press and hold MIN The compass can be calibrated by until the correct minute displays. driving the vehicle in circles at There is an initial two-second delay 8 km/h (5 mph) or less until the before the clock goes into time-set display reads a direction. mode. To display the time with the ignition off, press RCL, HR, or MIN. Compass Variance Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) The mirror is set to zone eight. Y If you do not live in zone eight or 2. Press and hold b / O until Press and hold the HR button until drive out of the area, the compass Z and/or a zone number the correct hour displays. Press and variance needs to be changed to displays. hold the MIN button until the correct the appropriate zone. minute displays. The time can be 3. Press Y b / O repeatedly until set with the ignition on or off. To adjust for compass variance: the new zone number displays. 1. Find the current location and After you stop pressing the variance zone number on the button, the display shows a following zone map. compass direction within a few seconds. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

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To synchronize the time with an Certain electrical accessories FM station broadcasting Radio Data { WARNING may not be compatible with the System (RDS) information, press accessory power outlet and could and hold the HR and MIN buttons Power is always supplied to the overload vehicle and adapter fuses. at the same time until RDS TIME outlets. Do not leave electrical If a problem is experienced, see displays. To accept this time, press equipment plugged in when the your dealer. vehicle is not in use because the and hold the HR and MIN buttons, When adding electrical equipment, at the same time, for another vehicle could catch fire and cause injury or death. be sure to follow the proper two seconds. If the time is not installation instructions included available from the station, with the equipment. See Add-On NO UPDAT (update) displays. Notice: Leaving electrical Electrical Equipment on page 9‑70. equipment plugged in for an RDS time is broadcast once a Notice: Hanging heavy extended period of time while minute. After tuning to an RDS equipment from the power outlet the vehicle is off will drain the broadcast station, it could take a can cause damage not covered battery. Always unplug electrical few minutes for the time to update. by the vehicle warranty. The equipment when not in use and power outlets are designed for do not plug in equipment that Power Outlets accessory power plugs only, such exceeds the maximum 20 ampere as cell phone charge cords. The accessory power outlets can be rating. used to plug in electrical equipment, such as a cell phone or MP3 player. The vehicle may have an accessory power outlet located below the climate control system and on the rear of the center console. Remove the cover to access and replace when not in use. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

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Cigarette Lighter Ashtrays Warning Lights, To use the lighter, press it in all the The vehicle may have a removable Gauges, and way, and let go. When it is ready, it ashtray and cigarette lighter. Indicators will pop back out by itself. The ashtray is located in the center Notice: Holding a cigarette lighter console area. The ashtray can be Warning lights and gauges can in while it is heating does not let removed for cleaning. When the signal that something is wrong the lighter back away from the ashtray is removed, this area can before it becomes serious enough heating element when it is hot. also be used as a cupholder. to cause an expensive repair or replacement. Paying attention to the Damage from overheating can Notice: If papers, pins, or other occur to the lighter or heating warning lights and gauges could flammable items are put in the prevent injury. element, or a fuse could be ashtray, hot cigarettes or other blown. Do not hold a cigarette smoking materials could ignite Warning lights come on when there lighter in while it is heating. them and possibly damage the could be a problem with a vehicle vehicle. Never put flammable function. Some warning lights come items in the ashtray. on briefly when the engine is started to indicate they are working. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

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Gauges can indicate when there Chime Level Adjustment To change back to the default or could be a problem with a vehicle normal setting, press and hold function. Often gauges and warning The radio is used to adjust the pushbutton 6 again. The volume lights work together to indicate a vehicle's chime level. To change the level will change from the loud problem with the vehicle. volume level of the chime, press level to normal, and NORMAL will and hold pushbutton 6 with the When one of the warning lights appear on the radio display. Each ignition on and the radio power off. time the chime volume is changed, comes on and stays on while The volume level will change from driving, or when one of the gauges three chimes will sound to indicate the normal level to loud, and LOUD the new volume selected. Removing shows there may be a problem, will appear on the radio display. check the section that explains what the radio and not replacing it with a to do. Follow this manual's advice. factory radio or chime module will Waiting to do repairs can be costly disable vehicle chimes. and even dangerous. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

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Instrument Cluster

English Automatic Transmission 2.9L Shown, Metric, Manual Transmission, 3.7L and 5.3L Similar GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

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Speedometer If the cluster is replaced the new Tachometer one will automatically detect and The speedometer shows the speed update the vehicle's accumulated The tachometer displays the in both miles per hour (mph) and mileage. engine speed in revolutions per kilometers per hour (km/h). minute (rpm). Trip Odometer Notice: If the engine is operated Odometer with the tachometer in the shaded The vehicle has a trip odometer that warning area, the vehicle could The odometer shows how far the indicates how far the vehicle has be damaged, and the damages vehicle has been driven, in either been driven since the trip odometer would not be covered by the miles (used in the United States) or was last set to zero. kilometers (used in Canada). vehicle warranty. Do not operate See “Trip Odometer” under Driver the engine with the tachometer in The odometer mileage can be Information Center (DIC) on the shaded warning area. checked without the vehicle running page 5‑21 for more information. by pressing the trip information stem. See “Odometer” under Driver Information Center (DIC) on page 5‑21 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

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Fuel Gauge Here are four things that some Engine Coolant owners ask about. None of these indicate a problem with the vehicle's Temperature Gauge fuel gauge: . At the gas station, the gas pump shuts off before the gauge reads full. . It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the gauge indicated. For example, the gauge may have indicated the tank was half full, but it actually took a little more or less than half the tank's capacity to fill When the ignition is on, the fuel the tank. gauge shows how much fuel the . The gauge moves a little while This gauge shows the engine vehicle has remaining in the turning a corner or speeding up. coolant temperature. fuel tank. . The gauge does not go back to If the gauge pointer is near the An arrow on the fuel gauge empty when the ignition is top of the gauge, the engine indicates the side of the vehicle turned off. is too hot. It means that the the fuel door is on. engine coolant has overheated. When the fuel in the fuel tank is low, a LOW FUEL message will display on the Driver Information Center (DIC). See Fuel System Messages on page 5‑27 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

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If the vehicle has been operating This chime and light are repeated if under normal driving conditions, pull the driver remains unbuckled and the vehicle off the road, stop the the vehicle is in motion. If the driver vehicle and turn off the engine as safety belt is already buckled, soon as possible. neither the chime nor the light See Engine Overheating on comes on. page 10‑24 for more information. Passenger Safety Belt This chime and light are repeated if Reminder Light the passenger remains unbuckled Safety Belt Reminders and the vehicle is in motion. For vehicles equipped with the Driver Safety Belt Reminder passenger safety belt reminder If the passenger safety belt is buckled, neither the chime nor the Light light, several seconds after the engine is started, a chime sounds light comes on. When the engine is started, a chime for several seconds to remind the The front passenger safety belt sounds for several seconds to front passenger to buckle their warning light and chime may turn on remind a driver to fasten the safety safety belt. The passenger safety if an object is put on the seat such belt, unless the driver safety belt is belt light, located on the instrument as a briefcase, handbag, grocery already buckled. panel, comes on and stays on for bag, laptop or other electronic several seconds and then flashes device. To turn off the warning light for several more. and or chime, remove the object from the seat or buckle the safety belt.

The safety belt light comes on and stays on for several seconds, then flashes for several more. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

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Airbag Readiness Light Passenger Airbag Status { WARNING The system checks the airbag's Indicator electrical system for possible If the airbag readiness light stays If the vehicle has one of the malfunctions. If the light stays on on after the vehicle is started or passenger airbag status indicators it indicates there is an electrical comes on while driving, it means pictured in the following illustrations, problem. The system check the airbag system might not be then the vehicle has a passenger includes the airbag sensor, the working properly. The airbags in sensing system for the right front pretensioners, the airbag modules, the vehicle might not inflate in a passenger position. The passenger the wiring and the crash sensing crash, or they could even inflate airbag status indicator is on the and diagnostic module. For more without a crash. To help avoid instrument panel. See Passenger information on the airbag system, injury, have the vehicle serviced Sensing System on page 3‑34 for see Airbag System on page 3‑28. right away. important safety information. In addition, if the vehicle has a If there is a problem with the airbag passenger sensing system for the system, an airbag Driver Information right front passenger position, the Center (DIC) message can also label on the vehicle's sun visors come on. See Vehicle Messages on refer to “ADVANCED AIRBAGS”. page 5‑24 for more information. The airbag readiness light flashes for a few seconds when the engine is started. If the light does not come on then, have it fixed immediately. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

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If the word ON or the on symbol is lit on the passenger airbag status { WARNING indicator, it means that the right front passenger frontal airbag is If the airbag readiness light ever enabled (may inflate). comes on and stays on, it means that something may be wrong If the word OFF or the off symbol is with the airbag system. To help United States lit on the airbag status indicator, it avoid injury to yourself or others, means that the passenger sensing have the vehicle serviced right system has turned off the right front away. See Airbag Readiness passenger frontal airbag. Light on page 5‑12 for more If, after several seconds, both status information, including important indicator lights remain on, or if there safety information. are no lights at all, there may be Canada and Mexico a problem with the lights or the passenger sensing system. See When the vehicle is started, the your dealer for service. passenger airbag status indicator will light ON and OFF, or the symbol for on and off, for several seconds as a system check. Then, after several more seconds, the status indicator will light either ON or OFF, or either the on or off symbol to let you know the status of the right front passenger frontal airbag. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

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Charging System Light See Battery Voltage and Charging Messages on page 5‑24 for more information. This light could indicate that there are problems with a generator drive belt, or that there is an electrical problem. Have it checked right away. If the vehicle This light should come on when the must be driven a short distance with ignition is on, but the engine is not the light on, turn off accessories, This light comes on briefly when the running, as a check to show it is such as the radio and air working. If it does not, have the ignition key is turned to START, but conditioner. the engine is not running, as a vehicle serviced by your dealer. check to show it is working. Malfunction If the Malfunction Indicator Lamp comes on and stays on while the If it does not, have the vehicle Indicator Lamp serviced by your dealer. engine is running, this indicates that A computer system called OBD II there is an OBD II problem and The light should go out once the (On-Board Diagnostics-Second service is required. engine starts. If it stays on, Generation) monitors operation of or comes on while driving, there Malfunctions often are indicated by the fuel, ignition, and emission the system before any problem is could be a problem with the control systems. It ensures that charging system. A charging system apparent. Being aware of the light emissions are at acceptable levels can prevent more serious damage message in the Driver Information for the life of the vehicle, helping to Center (DIC) can also appear. to the vehicle. This system assists produce a cleaner environment. the service technician in correctly diagnosing any malfunction. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

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Notice: If the vehicle is This light comes on during a Light On Steady: An emission continually driven with this light malfunction in one of two ways: control system malfunction has on, after a while, the emission Light Flashing: A misfire condition been detected on the vehicle. controls might not work as well, has been detected. A misfire Diagnosis and service might be the vehicle fuel economy might increases vehicle emissions and required. not be as good, and the engine could damage the emission control The following may correct an might not run as smoothly. This system on the vehicle. Diagnosis emissions system malfunction: could lead to costly repairs that and service might be required. might not be covered by the . Make sure the fuel cap is vehicle warranty. To prevent more serious damage to fully installed. See Filling the the vehicle: Tank on page 9‑57. The Notice: Modifications made to the diagnostic system can determine . Reduce vehicle speed. engine, transmission, exhaust, if the fuel cap has been left off or intake, or fuel system of the . Avoid hard accelerations. improperly installed. A loose or vehicle or the replacement of . Avoid steep uphill grades. missing fuel cap allows fuel to the original tires with other evaporate into the atmosphere. than those of the same Tire . If towing a trailer, reduce the A few driving trips with the cap Performance Criteria (TPC) can amount of cargo being hauled as properly installed should turn the affect the vehicle's emission soon as it is possible. light off. controls and can cause this light to come on. Modifications to If the light continues to flash, when . Make sure the electrical system these systems could lead to it is safe to do so, stop the vehicle. is not wet. The system could costly repairs not covered by Find a safe place to park the be wet if the vehicle was the vehicle warranty. This vehicle. Turn the vehicle off, wait at driven through a deep puddle of could also result in a failure least 10 seconds, and restart the water. The condition is usually to pass a required Emission engine. If the light is still flashing, corrected when the electrical Inspection/Maintenance test. See follow the previous steps and see system dries out. A few driving Accessories and Modifications on your dealer for service as soon as trips should turn the light off. possible. page 10‑3. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

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. Make sure to fuel the vehicle Emissions Inspection and The vehicle may not pass with quality fuel. Poor fuel quality Maintenance Programs inspection if: causes the engine not to run as efficiently as designed and can Some state/provincial and . The malfunction indicator lamp is cause: stalling after start-up, local governments may have on with the engine running, or if stalling when the vehicle is programs to inspect the the light does not come on when changed into gear, misfiring, on-vehicle emission control the ignition is turned to ON/RUN hesitation on acceleration, equipment. For the inspection, while the engine is off. or stumbling on acceleration. the emission system test equipment . The critical emission control These conditions might go away is connected to the vehicle’s Data systems have not been once the engine is warmed up. Link Connector (DLC). completely diagnosed by the If one or more of these system. This can happen if conditions occurs, change the the battery has recently been fuel brand used. It will require replaced or if the battery has run at least one full tank of the down. The diagnostic system proper fuel to turn the light off. evaluates critical emission control systems during See Recommended Fuel on normal driving. This can take page 9‑55. The DLC is under the instrument several days of routine driving. If none of the above have made panel to the left of the steering If this has been done and the the light turn off, your dealer can wheel. See your dealer if assistance vehicle still does not pass the check the vehicle. The dealer is needed. inspection, your dealer can has the proper test equipment prepare the vehicle for and diagnostic tools to fix any inspection. mechanical or electrical problems that might have developed. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

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Brake System Warning When the ignition is on, the brake system warning light comes on WARNING (Continued) Light when the parking brake is set. See the vehicle has been pulled off The vehicle brake system consists Parking Brake on page 9‑47 for of two hydraulic circuits. If one more information. The light stays the road and carefully stopped, circuit is not working, the remaining on if the parking brake does not have the vehicle towed for circuit can still work to stop the release fully. If it stays on after the service. vehicle. For normal braking parking brake is fully released, it performance, both circuits need to means there is a brake problem. Antilock Brake System be working If the light comes on while driving, (ABS) Warning Light If the warning light comes on, there pull off the road and stop. The brake could be a brake problem. Have the pedal might be harder to push, or it brake system inspected right away. might go closer to the floor. It can take longer to stop. If the light is still on, have the vehicle towed for service. See Towing the Vehicle on page 10‑93.

{ WARNING The Antilock Brake System (ABS) English Metric light comes on briefly when the The brake system might not be engine is started. This light comes on briefly when the working properly if the brake If it does not, have the vehicle ignition key is turned to ON/RUN. system warning light is on. serviced by your dealer. If the If it does not, have it fixed so it will Driving with the brake system system is working normally the be ready to warn if there is a warning light on can lead to a indicator light then goes off. problem. crash. If the light is still on after (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

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If the ABS light stays on, turn the Up-Shift Light Traction Control System ignition off. If the light comes on ® while driving, stop as soon as it is (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light safely possible and turn the ignition off. Then start the engine again to reset the system. If the ABS light stays on, or comes on again while driving, the vehicle needs service. If the regular brake system warning light is not on, the vehicle still has The vehicle may have an up-shift brakes, but not antilock brakes. light. The StabiliTrak and Traction Control If the regular brake system warning When this light comes on, shift to System (TCS) indicator/warning light light is also on, the vehicle does not the next higher gear if weather, comes on briefly while starting the have antilock brakes and there is a road, and traffic conditions allow. engine. problem with the regular brakes. See Manual Transmission on If it does not, have the vehicle See Brake System Warning Light on page 9‑40 for more information. serviced by your dealer. If the page 5‑17. system is working normally the See Brake System Messages on indicator light then goes off. page 5‑25 for all brake related DIC The light flashes while the messages. StabiliTrak system and TCS are working to assist the driver with directional control of the vehicle in difficult driving conditions. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

Instruments and Controls 5-19

If the StabiliTrak system and TCS Tire Pressure Light A tire pressure message can light comes on and stays on while accompany the light. See Tire driving and a TRACTION FAULT or Messages on page 5‑28 for more SERVICE STAB SYS message information. Stop as soon as displays on the DIC, the vehicle possible, and inflate the tires to the needs service. pressure value shown on the Tire The light also comes on steady and Loading Information Label. See when the StabiliTrak system and/or Tire Pressure on page 10‑56 for more information. TCS are turned off. The DIC also For vehicles with a Tire Pressure displays a TRAC OFF and/or STAB Monitor System (TPMS), this light When the Light Flashes First and SYS OFF message. If the TCS is comes on briefly when the engine Then is On Steady off, wheel spin is not limited. If the is started. It provides information This indicates that there may be a StabiliTrak system is off, the system about tire pressures and the TPMS. does not assist the driver with problem with the Tire Pressure directional control of the vehicle. When the Light is On Steady Monitor System. The light flashes for about a minute and stays on The light turns off when the TCS This indicates that one or more of steady for the remainder of the and StabiliTrak system are turned the tires are significantly back on. ignition cycle. This sequence underinflated. repeats with every ignition cycle. See StabiliTrak® System on See Tire Pressure Monitor page 9‑50, Traction Control System Operation on page 10‑60 for more (TCS) on page 9‑48 and Ride information. Control System Messages on page 5‑27 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

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Engine Oil Pressure Light This light comes on briefly while High-Beam On Light starting the engine. If it does not, have the vehicle serviced by your dealer. If the system is working normally, the indicator light then goes off. If the light comes on and stays on, it means that oil is not flowing through the engine properly. The vehicle This light comes on when the { WARNING could be low on oil and it might high-beam headlamps are in use. have some other system problem. Do not keep driving if the oil See Headlamp High/Low-Beam pressure is low. The engine can Security Light Changer on page 6‑2 for more become so hot that it catches fire. information. Someone could be burned. Check the oil as soon as possible and have the vehicle serviced.

Notice: Lack of proper engine oil maintenance can damage the engine. The repairs would not be For information regarding this light covered by the vehicle warranty. and the vehicle's security system, Always follow the maintenance see Anti-Theft Alarm System on schedule for changing engine oil. page 2‑9. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (21,1)

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Cruise Control Light Information Displays The DIC has different menu items which can be accessed by pressing the trip odometer reset stem on the Driver Information DIC. This includes trip information, Center (DIC) such as the odometer and trip odometer, engine oil life reset, The Driver Information Center (DIC) and personalization features that displays information such as the trip are explained in the following odometer, personalization features, information. The DIC trip odometer and warning messages. The DIC The cruise control light comes on reset stem is located on the display is located on the instrument whenever the cruise control is set. instrument panel cluster next to panel cluster. The light goes out when the cruise the DIC display. control is turned off. See Cruise Operation and Displays Control on page 9 52 for more Trip Information ‑ The Driver Information Center (DIC) information. comes on when the ignition is on. Odometer If a problem is detected, a warning The odometer is automatically message appears on the display. displayed on the DIC when you start Pressing and releasing the trip the vehicle. The odometer shows odometer reset stem on the DIC the total distance the vehicle has acknowledges some current been driven in either miles for the warnings or service messages. United States or kilometers for Some messages only clear after the Canada. required action has been taken. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (22,1)

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Trip Odometer In addition to the engine oil life 4. To select a different language, Press and release the reset stem system monitoring the oil life, press and hold the reset stem until TRIP appears on the DIC additional maintenance is until the next language appears. display. The trip odometer shows recommended in the Maintenance 5. Repeat Step 4 until the desired the current distance traveled since Schedule in this manual. See language is displayed. Once the the last reset of the trip odometer in Engine Oil on page 10‑10 and desired language is shown on either miles for the United States or Scheduled Maintenance on the DIC display, the language kilometers for Canada. page 11‑2 for more information. is set. To reset the trip odometer, press Personalization Features 6. To exit the language selection, and hold the reset stem until the Language momentarily press and release display returns to zero. the reset stem. All DIC This feature allows you to choose messages will now display Engine Oil Life System the language in which the DIC in the language selected. With the engine off, turn the key display shows information. Automatic Door Locks to ON/RUN and then press the To set your choice for this feature: reset stem until OIL LIFE RESET This feature allows you to program 1. With the engine off, turn the key appears — alternating between OIL the door locks to a preferred setting. to ON/RUN, but do not start the LIFE and RESET — on the DIC To set your choice for this feature: display. The CHANGE OIL message engine. alerts you to change the oil on a 2. Close all doors so the DOORS 1. With the engine off, turn the key schedule consistent with your message does not display in to LOCK/OFF. Do not remove driving conditions. Always reset the DIC. the key from the ignition. the OIL LIFE message after an oil 3. Momentarily press and release 2. Press and hold the power door change. To reset the message, the reset stem until the current lock button until the DIC display see Engine Oil Life System on language is displayed: English shows the current door page 10‑14. (default), Spanish, or French. lock mode. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (23,1)

Instruments and Controls 5-23

3. To view the next available Lock 2: On vehicles with an Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) mode, press and hold the reset automatic transmission, this mode Feedback stem until the mode appears. locks all of the doors when the This feature allows you to program Release the reset stem and vehicle is shifted out of P (Park) and the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) press and hold again to view the unlocks the driver's door when the feedback to a preferred setting. next mode. vehicle is shifted into P (Park). To set your choice for this feature: 4. Once the desired mode is shown On vehicles with a manual on the DIC display, briefly press transmission, this mode locks all of 1. With the engine off, turn the key the reset stem to set your the doors when the vehicle speed is to LOCK/OFF. Do not remove choice. The DIC display then greater than 24 km/h (15 mph) and the key from the ignition. clears. unlocks the driver's door when the 2. Press and hold the lock and The following are the available key is removed from the ignition. unlock buttons on the RKE modes: Lock 3: On vehicles with an transmitter at the same time. Hold both buttons until the DIC Lock 1 (default): On vehicles with automatic transmission, this mode locks all of the doors when the display shows the current RKE an automatic transmission, this feedback mode. mode locks all of the doors when vehicle is shifted out of P (Park). the vehicle is shifted out of P (Park) The doors will not automatically 3. To view the next available mode, and unlocks all of the doors when unlock. press and hold the reset stem the vehicle is shifted into P (Park). On vehicles with a manual until the mode appears. Release the reset stem and press On vehicles with a manual transmission, this mode locks all of the doors when the vehicle speed is and hold again to view the transmission, this mode locks all of next mode. the doors when the vehicle speed is greater than 24 km/h (15 mph). The greater than 24 km/h (15 mph) and doors will not automatically unlock. unlocks all of the doors when the key is removed from the ignition. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (24,1)

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4. Once the desired mode is shown Vehicle Messages that clearing the messages only on the DIC display, briefly press makes the messages disappear, not the reset stem to set your Messages are displayed on the DIC correct the problem. to notify the driver that the status of choice. The DIC display then The following are the possible the vehicle has changed and that clears. messages that can be displayed some action may be needed by The following are the available and some information about them. the driver to correct the condition. modes: Multiple messages may appear RFA 1 (default): This mode flashes one after another. The messages Battery Voltage and the parking lamps when you press are displayed for several Charging Messages the lock or unlock buttons on the seconds each. RKE transmitter. SERVICE CHARG (Charge) Some messages may not require SYS (System) RFA 2: This mode flashes the immediate action, but you should parking lamps and sounds the horn press and release the trip odometer This message displays if there is a when you press the lock button on reset stem to acknowledge that you problem with the battery charging the RKE transmitter. This mode also received the messages and to clear system. Under certain conditions, flashes the parking lamps when you them from the display. Each the battery warning light may also press the unlock button on the RKE message must be acknowledged turn on in the instrument panel transmitter. individually. cluster. See Charging System Light on page 5‑14. The battery will not RFA 3: This mode flashes the Some messages cannot be cleared be charging at an optimal rate and parking lamps and sounds the horn from the DIC display because they the vehicle will lose the ability to when you press the lock or unlock are more urgent. These messages enter the fuel economy mode. buttons on the RKE transmitter. require action before they can be RFA 4: This mode disables RKE cleared. You should take any feedback. There will be no feedback messages that appear on the when you press the lock or unlock display seriously and remember buttons on the RKE transmitter. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (25,1)

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The vehicle is safe to drive, BRAKES PARK BRK (Brake) however have the electrical system This message displays if there is a This message displays when the checked by your dealer. Press problem with the brakes. Check the parking brake is set. See Parking and release the reset stem to brakes as soon as possible and Brake on page 9 47 and Antilock acknowledge the message and ‑ have your vehicle serviced by your Brake System (ABS) Warning Light clear it from the display. dealer. See Braking on page 9‑3 on page 5‑17 for more information. and Antilock Brake System (ABS) The message clears from the Brake System Messages Warning Light on page 5‑17 for display after the parking brake ABS (Antilock Brake System) more information. Press and release is released or by pressing and FAULT the reset stem to acknowledge the releasing the reset stem. message and clear it from the This message displays if there is a display. Door Ajar Messages problem with the Antilock Brake System (ABS). Check the ABS as FLUID DOORS soon as possible and have your This message displays if the brake This message displays when one or vehicle serviced by your dealer. See fluid is low. Check the brake fluid as more of the doors is ajar. Check all Braking on page 9‑3 and Antilock soon as possible and have your the doors on your vehicle to make Brake System (ABS) Warning Light vehicle serviced by your dealer. sure they are closed. The message on page 5‑17 for more information. See Braking on page 9‑3 for more clears from the display after all of Press and release the reset stem information. Press and release the the doors are closed. to acknowledge the message and reset stem to acknowledge the clear it from the display. message and clear it from the display. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (26,1)

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Engine Cooling System Engine Oil Messages Engine Power Messages Messages CHANGE OIL REDUCED POWER AC (Air Conditioning) OFF This message displays when the oil This message displays when the This message displays when the needs to be changed. Check the oil vehicle's engine power is reduced. engine coolant temperature is too in your vehicle as soon as possible Reduced engine power can affect high and the air conditioning in your and have your vehicle serviced by the vehicle's ability to accelerate. vehicle needs to be turned off. See your dealer. See Engine Oil on If this message is on, but there Engine Overheating on page 10‑24 page 10‑10 and Scheduled is no reduction in performance, and Climate Control Systems on Maintenance on page 11‑2 for proceed to your destination. The page 8‑1 for more information. This more information. Press and release performance may be reduced the message displays along with the the reset stem to acknowledge next time the vehicle is driven. The ENG HOT message. the message and clear it from the vehicle may be driven at a reduced display. speed while this message is on, but ENG (Engine) HOT acceleration and speed may be OIL This message displays when the reduced. Anytime this message engine coolant temperature is This message displays when the oil stays on, the vehicle should be hot. Check the engine coolant pressure is low. See Engine Oil taken to your dealer for service as temperature gauge. See Engine Pressure Light on page 5‑20 and soon as possible. Press and release Coolant Temperature Gauge on Engine Oil on page 10‑10 for more the reset stem to acknowledge the message and clear it from the page 5‑10. Have your vehicle information. serviced by your dealer as soon display. as possible if you suspect the engine is overheating. See Engine Overheating on page 10‑24 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (27,1)

Instruments and Controls 5-27

Fuel System Messages LOW FUEL Ride Control System FUEL CAP This message displays if the level of Messages fuel in the vehicle is low. Also check This message displays if the the fuel gauge. See Fuel Gauge on SERVICE STAB (Stability) SYS vehicle's fuel cap is either off or page 5‑10 for more information. (System) loose. Pull over as soon as possible Refill the fuel tank as soon as This message displays if there is a and check to see if the fuel cap is possible. problem with the StabiliTrak system. secure. You may also see the check Have your vehicle serviced by your engine light on the instrument panel Lamp Messages dealer. See StabiliTrak® System on cluster. If the check engine light page 9‑50 for more information. does come on when the fuel cap TURN SIGNAL was loose, it may take a few driving This message displays when the STAB (Stability) SYS trips before the light turns off. See turn signal is on for about 1.2 km (System) OFF Malfunction Indicator Lamp on (0.75 miles) of travel. Press This message displays when the page 5‑14 for more information and release the reset stem to if the light still remains on. Press StabiliTrak system is turned off. See acknowledge the message and StabiliTrak® System on page 9‑50 and release the reset stem to clear it from the display. acknowledge the message and for more information. clear it from the display. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (28,1)

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TRAC (Traction) OFF Tire Messages Several conditions may cause this message to appear. See Tire This message displays when the LOW TIRE Pressure Monitor Operation on Traction Control System (TCS) page 10 60 for more information. is turned off by pressing the This message displays if a low tire ‑ If the warning comes on and stays StabiliTrak button. See StabiliTrak® pressure is detected in any of the on, there may be a problem with the System on page 9 50 for more vehicle's tires. Press and release ‑ TPMS. See your dealer. information. the reset stem to acknowledge the message and clear it from the TRACTION FAULT display. The message appears at Transmission Messages This message will display if there is each ignition cycle until the tires SERV (Service) 4WD are inflated to the correct inflation a problem with the TCS. Have your (Four-Wheel Drive) vehicle serviced by your dealer. pressure. See Tires on page 10‑50 See StabiliTrak® System on and Tire Pressure on page 10‑56 for This message displays when there page 9‑50 for more information. more information on tires and the is a problem with the transfer case Press and release the reset stem correct inflation pressures. control system. Check the transfer case on your vehicle and have to acknowledge the message and SERV (Service) TPM clear it from the display. it serviced by your dealer. See (Tire Pressure Monitor) Four-Wheel Drive on page 9‑42 for Service Vehicle Messages This message displays if a part on more information about the transfer the Tire Pressure Monitor System case. Press and release the reset SERV (Service) VEH (Vehicle) (TPMS) is not working properly. stem to acknowledge the message and clear it from the display. This message displays if your The tire pressure light also flashes vehicle needs service. Have your and then remains on during the vehicle serviced by your dealer as same ignition cycle. See Tire soon as possible. Pressure Light on page 5‑19. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Lighting 6-1

Exterior Lighting AUTO: Turns the headlamps on Lighting automatically at normal brightness, Exterior Lamp Controls together with the following: Exterior Lighting . Sidemarker Lamps Exterior Lamp Controls ...... 6-1 . Taillamps Exterior Lamps Off Reminder ...... 6-2 . Parking Lamps Headlamp High/Low-Beam . Instrument Panel Lights Changer ...... 6-2 Flash-to-Pass ...... 6-2 See Automatic Headlamp System Daytime Running on page 6‑3 for more information. Lamps (DRL) ...... 6-2 ; (Parking Lamps): Turns on the Automatic Headlamp parking lamps, together with the System ...... 6-3 following: Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 6-3 . Turn and Lane-Change Sidemarker Lamps Signals ...... 6-4 . Taillamps Fog Lamps ...... 6-4 The exterior lamp control is located . License Plate Lamps Exterior Cargo Lamps ...... 6-5 on the instrument panel on the left side of the steering wheel. . Instrument Panel Lights Interior Lighting Instrument Panel Illumination O (Exterior Lamps): Turn the 2 (Headlamps): Turns on the Control ...... 6-5 knob, located to the right of this headlamps, together with the Dome Lamps ...... 6-6 symbol, to choose one of the previously listed lamps and lights. four exterior lamp positions. Lighting Features O (Off): Turns off all exterior lamps Exit Lighting ...... 6-6 including the Daytime Running Battery Load Management . . . . 6-6 Battery Power Protection ...... 6-7 Lamps (DRL). GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

6-2 Lighting

Exterior Lamps Off The high-beam indicator on the instrument panel cluster will come Reminder on. Release the lever to return to If a door is open, a reminder chime normal operation. sounds when the headlamps or parking lamps are manually turned Daytime Running on and the key is out of the ignition. This indicator light turns on in the Lamps (DRL) To turn off the chime, turn the instrument panel cluster when the headlamp switch to off and then high beam headlamps are on. Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) can back on. In the automatic mode, make it easier for others to see the the headlamps turn off once the Flash-to-Pass front of your vehicle during the day. ignition is in LOCK/OFF. Fully functional daytime running This feature lets you use the lamps are required on all vehicles For vehicles first sold in Canada, high-beam headlamps to signal first sold in Canada. if the parking lamps are turned on a driver in front of you that you manually, the Daytime Running The DRL system will come on when want to pass. It works even if the Lamps (DRL) will stay on. the following conditions are met: headlamps are in the automatic . The ignition is on. Headlamp High/ position. To use it, pull the turn signal lever . The exterior lamps control is Low-Beam Changer toward you, then release it. in AUTO. 2 3 Headlamp High/Low Beam If the headlamps are in the . The transmission is not in Changer: Push the turn signal/ automatic position or on low beam, P (Park) if you have an multifunction lever away from you to the high-beam headlamps will automatic transmission. turn the high beams on. turn on. They will stay on as long . The light sensor determines it is Pull the lever towards you to return as the lever is held toward you. daytime. to low beams. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Lighting 6-3

When the DRL are on, only the The vehicle has a light sensor Once the vehicle leaves the garage, parking lamps or reduced intensity located on the top of the instrument it will take about 1 minute for the low beam headlamps will be on. panel. Do not cover the sensor, automatic headlamp system to The taillamps, sidemarkers, and or the system will be on whenever change to DRL if it is light outside. other lamps will not be on. The the ignition is on. During that delay, the instrument instrument panel will not be lit up The system can turn on the panel cluster may not be as bright either. headlamps when driving in a as usual. Make sure the instrument When it begins to get dark, the parking garage, through a tunnel or panel brightness control is in the headlamps will automatically switch when there is overcast weather. full bright position. See Instrument from DRL to the regular headlamps. This is normal. Panel Illumination Control on page 6‑5. The regular headlamp system There is a delay in the transition should be turned on when needed. between the daytime and nighttime Hazard Warning Flashers operation of the Daytime Running Automatic Headlamp Lamps (DRL) and the automatic | (Hazard Warning Flasher): System headlamp system so that driving Press this button located on the under bridges or bright overhead instrument panel, to make the front When it is dark enough outside, the street lights does not affect the and rear turn signal lamps flash on automatic headlamp system will turn system. The DRL and automatic and off. This warns others that you on after the transmission has been headlamp system will only be are having trouble. shifted from P (Park) to D (Drive). affected when the light sensor Press | again to turn the The headlamps, taillamps, detects a change in lighting lasting flashers off. sidemarker, parking lamps, roof longer than the delay. marker lamps, and the instrument The turn signals do not work while If the vehicle is started in a dark panel lights turn on at normal the hazard warning flashers are on. garage, the automatic headlamp brightness. The radio lights will system will come on immediately. become dimmer when the headlights are off compared to when the headlights are on. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

6-4 Lighting

Turn and Lane-Change If after signaling a turn or a lane Fog Lamps change the arrows flash rapidly or Signals do not come on, a signal bulb may The fog lamp button is located near be burned out. the exterior lamps control. # Have the bulbs replaced. If the : For vehicles with fog lamps, bulb is not burned out, check the press to turn the fog lamps on or off. fuse. For bulb replacement, see An indicator light will turn on in the Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, button when the fog lamps are on. and Back-Up Lamps on page 10‑39. The parking lamps or low‐beam For a blown fuse or circuit breaker, headlamps must be on for the fog see Fuses and Circuit Breakers on lamps to work. The fog lamps will page 10‑43. go off whenever the high-beam Turn Signal On Chime headlamps come on. When the high beams go off, the fog lamps come If a turn signal is left on for more on again. than 1.2 km (3/4 of a mile), a chime Move the lever all the way up or will sound at each flash of the turn Some localities have laws that down to signal a turn. signal and the message TURN require the headlamps to be on along with the fog lamps. Raise or lower the lever until the SIGNAL will also appear in the DIC. arrow starts to flash to signal a lane To turn the chime and message off, change. Hold it there until the lane move the turn signal lever to the off change is complete. position. The lever returns to its starting See “TURN SIGNAL” under Lamp position when it is released. Messages on page 5‑27 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

Lighting 6-5

Exterior Cargo Lamps Press to turn the cargo lamps on Interior Lighting and off. The cargo lamps (if equipped) can be used if more light is needed in The dome lamps must be on for the Instrument Panel the cargo area of the vehicle or in cargo lamps to come on. See Dome Illumination Control Lamps on page 6‑6. the top-box storage units. D If the vehicle is equipped with (Instrument Panel Lights): Bluetooth®, turning the instrument Turn the thumbwheel up or down to panel illumination control brighten or dim the instrument panel thumbwheel all the way up will lights and the radio display. The turn on the cargo lamps. instrument panel lights, cluster, and radio display do not dim to complete darkness. Turning the thumbwheel all the way up will turn on the dome lamps and may also turn on the cargo lamp, if the vehicle is equipped with Bluetooth. The instrument panel light brightness control will only work if This button is located on the driver the headlamps or parking lamps are side of the instrument panel near on. See Exterior Lamp Controls on page 6 1. the exterior lamp control. ‑ GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

6-6 Lighting

Dome Lamps Reading Lamps Lighting Features The dome lamps come on when any Press the lens on the lamps to turn door is opened. each reading lamp on or off. Exit Lighting To manually turn on the dome These lamps will not come on with The interior lamps will come on lamps, turn the thumbwheel, located the dome lamps. when the key is removed from the next to the exterior lamps control, all Dome Lamp Override ignition. The lamps will not come the way up. The cargo lamps may on if the dome override button is come on, if the vehicle is equipped The dome lamp override button is pressed in. with Bluetooth. In this position, the located below the exterior lamps lamps remain on whether a door is control. Battery Load opened or closed. E (Dome Lamp Override): Press Management this button in to make the dome lamps remain off when the doors The vehicle has Electric Power are open. To return the lamps to Management (EPM) that estimates automatic operation, press E again the battery's temperature and state and return it to the out position. of charge. It then adjusts the voltage for best performance and extended life of the battery. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Lighting 6-7

When the battery's state of charge A high electrical load occurs when Normally, these actions occur in is low, the voltage is raised slightly several of the following are on, such steps or levels, without being to quickly bring the charge back up. as: headlamps, high beams, fog noticeable. In rare cases at the When the state of charge is high, lamps, rear window defogger, highest levels of corrective action, the voltage is lowered slightly to climate control fan at high speed, this action may be noticeable to the prevent overcharging. If the vehicle heated seats, engine cooling fans, driver. If so, a Driver Information has a voltmeter gauge or a voltage trailer loads, and loads plugged into Center (DIC) message might be display on the Driver Information accessory power outlets. displayed, such as BATTERY Center (DIC), you may see the EPM works to prevent excessive SAVER ACTIVE, BATTERY voltage move up or down. This is discharge of the battery. It does this VOLTAGE LOW, or LOW BATTERY. normal. If there is a problem, an by balancing the generator's output If one of these messages displays, alert will be displayed. and the vehicle's electrical needs. it is recommended that the driver The battery can be discharged at It can increase engine idle speed to reduce the electrical loads as much idle if the electrical loads are very generate more power, whenever as possible. See Driver Information high. This is true for all vehicles. needed. It can temporarily reduce Center (DIC) on page 5‑21. This is because the generator the power demands of some (alternator) may not be spinning fast accessories. Battery Power Protection enough at idle to produce all the This feature shuts off the dome power that is needed for very high lamp if it is left on for more than electrical loads. 20 minutes when the ignition is in LOCK/OFF. This helps to prevent the battery from running down. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

6-8 Lighting

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Infotainment System 7-1

Introduction This system provides access to Infotainment many audio and non audio listings. Determine which radio the vehicle System To minimize taking your eyes off the has and read the following pages to road while driving, do the following become familiar with its features. while the vehicle is parked: Introduction . Introduction ...... 7-1 { WARNING Become familiar with the Theft-Deterrent Feature ...... 7-2 operation and controls of the Operation ...... 7-3 Taking your eyes off the road audio system. for extended periods could . Set up the tone, speaker Radio cause a crash resulting in injury adjustments, and preset radio AM-FM Radio ...... 7-7 or death to you or others. Do stations. Satellite Radio ...... 7-11 not give extended attention to Radio Reception ...... 7-13 entertainment tasks while driving. Fixed Mast Antenna ...... 7-14 Satellite Radio Antenna ...... 7-14 Audio Players CD Player ...... 7-14 Phone Bluetooth ...... 7-21 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

7-2 Infotainment System

For more information, see Defensive If that equipment is replaced or Theft-Deterrent Feature Driving on page 9‑2. additional equipment is added Non-RDS Radios Notice: Contact your dealer to your vehicle, the chimes before adding any equipment. may not work. Make sure that TheftLock® is designed to replacement or additional discourage theft of your Adding audio or communication equipment is compatible with equipment could interfere with vehicle's radio. The feature your vehicle before installing works automatically by learning a the operation of the vehicle's it. See Accessories and portion of the Vehicle Identification engine, radio, or other systems, Modifications on page 10‑3. and could damage them. Follow Number (VIN). If the radio is moved federal rules covering mobile The vehicle has Retained to a different vehicle, it does not operate and LOC displays. radio and telephone equipment. Accessory Power (RAP). With RAP, the audio system can be played With TheftLock activated, the radio Notice: The chime signals even after the ignition is turned off. does not operate if stolen. related to safety belts, parking See Retained Accessory Power brake, and other functions of (RAP) on page 9‑33 for more your vehicle operate through the information. radio/entertainment system. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Infotainment System 7-3

RDS Radios Operation TheftLock is designed to discourage theft of your vehicle's radio. The feature works automatically by learning a portion of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). If the radio is moved to a different vehicle, it does not operate and LOCKED displays. When the radio and vehicle are turned off, the blinking red light indicates that TheftLock is armed. With TheftLock activated, the radio does not operate if stolen.

AM-FM Radio GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

7-4 Infotainment System

Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) PWR (Power): Press to turn the system on and off. o VOL p (Volume): Turn to increase or to decrease the volume. DISPL (Display): When the ignition is turned off, press to display the time. For RDS, press the DISPL knob to change what displays while using RDS. The display options are station name, RDS station frequency, PTY (program type), and the name of the program (if available). Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) For XM™ (if equipped), press the DISPL knob while in XM mode to Playing the Radio RCL (Recall): Press to switch the retrieve four different categories of display between the radio station information related to the current AM-FM Radio frequency, band, and the time. song or channel: Artist, Song Title, PWR (Power): Press to turn the When the ignition is off, press to Category or PTY, Channel Number/ system on and off. display the time. Channel Name. VOL (Volume): Turn to increase or to decrease the volume. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

Infotainment System 7-5

To change the default on the Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble) To adjust both tone controls and display, press the DISPL knob both speaker controls to the middle until you see the desired display, AM-FM Radio position: then press and hold this knob To adjust the bass or treble: 1. Exit out of audio mode by for two seconds and the radio 1. Press and release the AUDIO pressing another button, causing beeps once. button until BAS (bass) or TRE the radio to perform that function AUTO VOL (Automatic Volume): (treble) displays. or wait five seconds for the Automatic volume automatically display to return to time of day. 2. Press and hold the w or adjusts the audio system to make 2. Press and hold AUDIO for more up for road and wind noise while x button to increase or to decrease the tone. than two seconds until a beep driving. The volume level should sounds. CEN (center) displays. always sound the same while To adjust the bass or treble to the driving. center position: Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) Set the volume at the desired level. 1. Press and release the AUDIO To adjust the bass or treble: Press to select LOW, MEDIUM, and button until BAS (bass) or 1. Press and release the AUDIO HIGH. AVOL displays. Each higher TRE (treble) displays. knob until BASS (bass) or setting allows for higher volume TREB (treble) displays. compensation at faster vehicle 2. Press and hold the AUDIO speeds. button for more than 2. Turn the AUDIO knob to two seconds until a beep increase or to decrease NONE displays if the radio cannot sounds. the tone. determine the vehicle speed. To turn automatic volume off, press until To adjust the bass/treble to the OFF displays. middle position, press and hold the AUDIO knob. The radio produces one beep and adjusts the display level to the middle position. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

7-6 Infotainment System

To adjust all tone and speaker 2. Press and hold the w or Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) controls to the middle position, push x button to increase or to To adjust the balance or fade: and hold the AUDIO knob when no decrease the level. tone or speaker control displays. 1. Press and release the AUDIO ALL CENTERED displays and a To adjust the balance or fade to the knob until BAL (balance) or beep sounds. center position: FADE (fade) displays. AUTO EQ (Automatic 1. Press and release the AUDIO 2. Turn the AUDIO knob to Equalization): Press to select button until BAL (balance) or increase or to decrease the customized equalization settings FAD (fade) displays. level. designed for country/western, jazz, 2. Press and hold the AUDIO To adjust the balance or fade to the talk, pop, rock, and classical. button for more than middle position: To return to the manual mode, press two seconds until a beep sounds. 1. Press and release the AUDIO the AUTO EQ button until CUSTOM knob until BAL (balance) or displays. Then manually adjust the To adjust both speaker controls and FADE (fade) displays. bass/treble, using the AUDIO knob. both tone controls to the middle position: 2. Press and hold the AUDIO knob Adjusting the Speakers until one beep sounds. 1. Exit out of audio mode by (Balance/Fade) To adjust all tone and speaker pressing another button, causing controls to the middle position, push Fade may not be available if the the radio to perform that function vehicle is a regular cab model. or wait five seconds for the and hold the AUDIO knob when no tone or speaker control displays. display to return to time of day. AM-FM Radio ALL CENTERED displays and a To adjust balance or fade: 2. Press and hold AUDIO for more beep sounds. than two seconds until a beep 1. Press and release the AUDIO sounds. CEN (center) displays. button until BAL (balance) or FAD (fade) displays. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Infotainment System 7-7

Radio Messages Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) Radio AM-FM Radio CAL ERR (Calibration Error): The audio system has been calibrated AM-FM Radio CAL (Calibration Error): The for the vehicle from the factory. audio system has been calibrated If CAL ERR displays it means that Finding a Station for the vehicle from the factory. the radio has not been configured AM-FM Radio If CAL displays it means that the properly for the vehicle and it must radio has not been configured be returned to your dealer for AM FM: Press to switch between properly for the vehicle and it must service. FM1, FM2, or AM. be returned to your dealer for service. LOCKED: This message displays TUNE: Turn to select radio when the THEFTLOCK® system has stations. LOC (Locked): This message locked up. Take the vehicle to your ® o SEEK: Press to go to the displays when the THEFTLOCK dealer for service. system has locked up. Take the previous station and stay there. vehicle to your dealer for service. If any error occurs repeatedly or if To scan stations, press and an error cannot be corrected, If any error occurs repeatedly or if contact your dealer. hold o SEEK for two seconds an error cannot be corrected, until a beep sounds. The radio contact your dealer. goes to a station, plays for a few seconds, then goes to the next station. Press o SEEK again to stop scanning. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

7-8 Infotainment System

To scan preset stations, press Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) Radio Data System (RDS) and hold o SEEK for more than BAND: Press to switch between The Radio with CD (MP3/WMA) four seconds until two beeps sound. FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2 has an RDS system. RDS features The radio goes to the first preset (if equipped). The selection are available for use only on FM station, plays for a few seconds, displays. stations that broadcast RDS then goes to the next preset station. q TUNE r : Turn to select radio information. Press o SEEK again to stop stations. With RDS, the radio can do the scanning presets. q SEEK r : Press to go to the following: SEEK p : Press to go to the next previous or next station and stay . Seek to stations broadcasting station and stay there. there. the selected type of To scan stations, press and hold q SCAN r : Press and hold for programming. SEEK p for two seconds until a more than two seconds, SCAN . Receive announcements beep sounds. The radio goes to a displays and the radio beeps once. concerning local and national station, plays for a few seconds, The radio goes to a station, plays emergencies. for a few seconds, then goes to the then goes to the next station. Press . Display messages from radio SEEK p again to stop scanning. next station. Press q or r again, to stations. stop scanning presets. To scan preset stations, press . Seek to stations with traffic To scan preset stations, press and hold SEEK p for more than announcements. four seconds until two beeps sound. and hold q or r for more than The radio goes to the first preset four seconds, PSCN displays and station stored on the pushbuttons, the radio beeps once. The radio plays for a few seconds, then goes goes to a preset station, plays for a to the next preset station. Press few seconds, then goes to the next SEEK p again to stop scanning preset station. Press q or r again, presets. to stop scanning presets. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

Infotainment System 7-9

This system relies upon receiving If a CD is playing, play stops The last message can be displayed specific information from these during the announcement. Alert by pressing the INFO button. The stations and only works when the announcements cannot be last message stays on the display information is available. In rare turned off. until a new message is received or cases, a radio station could ALERT! is not affected by tests of the radio is tuned to a different broadcast incorrect information that the emergency broadcast system. station. causes the radio features to work This feature is not supported by all When a message is not available improperly. If this happens, contact RDS stations. from a station, NO INFO displays. the radio station. INFO (Information): If the TRAF (Traffic): TRAF displays While the radio is tuned to an RDS current station has a message, when the station tuned to station, the station name or call the information symbol or INFO broadcasts traffic announcements. letters display instead of the displays. Press this button to see When a traffic announcement is frequency. RDS stations can also the message. The message can broadcast on this station you will provide the time of day, a program display the artist, song title, call in hear it. type (PTY) for current programming, phone numbers, etc. and the name of the program being If the station does not broadcast broadcast. If the entire message is not traffic announcements, press the displayed, parts of the message TRAF button and the radio seeks RDS Messages display every three seconds. To to a station that does. When a ALERT!: The Alert feature warns scroll through the message, press station that broadcasts traffic of local or national emergencies. and release the INFO button. A new announcements is found, the radio When an alert announcement group of words displays after every stops seeking and TRAF displays. comes on the current radio press of this button. Once the If no station is found that broadcasts station, ALERT! displays. The complete message has displayed, traffic announcements, NO TRAF announcement is heard, even if the the information symbol or INFO displays. volume is low or a CD is playing. disappears from the display until If TRAF displays, press the TRAF another new message is received. button to turn off the traffic announcements. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

7-10 Infotainment System

The radio plays the traffic If both PTY and TRAF (traffic) are DISPL (Display): Press to change announcement if the volume is on, the radio searches for stations what information displays while low. The radio interrupts the play with the selected PTY and traffic using RDS. The display options of a CD if the last tuned station announcements. are station name, RDS station broadcasts traffic announcements. If the radio cannot find the desired frequency, PTY (program type), program type, NONE displays and and the name of the program Finding a Program Type (PTY) (if available). Station the radio returns to the last tuned station. To select and find a PTY station: Setting Preset PTYs Only SCAN: To scan PTYs, press and The six pushbuttons have factory 1. Turn the P-TYPE knob. TYPE hold the SEEK / SCAN until a beep and a PTY displays. PTY presets. Up to 12 PTYs sounds. The radio goes to a station, (6 FM1 and 6 FM2), can be 2. Turn the P-TYPE knob again, to plays for a few seconds, then goes programmed on the numbered select a PTY. to the next station. pushbuttons. To program PTYs: 3. Once the desired PTY displays, BAND (Alternate Frequency): 1. Press BAND to select FM1 press the SEEK / TYPE button Alternate frequency lets the radio or FM2. to select PTY's first station. switch to a stronger station with the same program type. To turn 2. Turn the P‐TYPE knob to 4. To go to another station activate program type select within that PTY, press the alternate frequency on, press and hold BAND for two seconds. AF ON mode. TYPE and the last SEEK / TYPE button twice to selected PTY displays. display the PTY and then go to displays. The radio could switch to another station. stations with a stronger frequency. 3. Turn the P‐TYPE knob to select a PTY. To cancel the seek, press the To turn alternate frequency off, SEEK / TYPE button. This also exits press and hold BAND again for the program type seek mode and 2 seconds. AF OFF displays. The returns to the last tuned station. radio does not switch to other stations. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

Infotainment System 7-11

4. Press and hold one of the numbered pushbutton is pressed Finding a Program Type (PTY) six numbered pushbuttons until again, the station that was Channel a beep sounds. When that stored, returns. To select and find a PTY: numbered pushbutton is 3. Repeat the steps for each pressed, the PTY that was set, pushbutton. 1. Turn the P-TYPE knob. TYPE returns. and a PTY displays. 5. Repeat the steps for each Satellite Radio 2. Turn the P-TYPE knob again, to pushbutton. select a PTY. XM™ Satellite Radio Service Setting Preset Stations 3. Once the desired PTY displays, XM is a satellite radio service that press the SEEK / TYPE button If the radio does not have XM, up to is based in the 48 contiguous to select PTY's first station. 18 stations (6 FM1, 6 FM2, and United States and 10 Canadian 6 AM) can be programmed on the provinces. XM Satellite Radio 4. To go to another station within six numbered pushbuttons. has a wide variety of programming that PTY, pess the SEEK / TYPE and commercial-free music, button twice to display the PTY If the radio has XM, up to and then go to another station. 30 stations (6 FM1, 6 FM2, 6 AM, coast-to-coast, and in digital-quality 6 XM1, and 6 XM2) can be sound. A service fee is required To cancel the seek, press the programmed on the six numbered to receive the XM service. For SEEK / TYPE button. This also exits pushbuttons. more information, contact XM the program type seek mode and at www.xmradio.com or call returns to the last tuned station. To program either radio: 1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. If the radio cannot find the desired 1. Tune in the desired station. and www.xmradio.ca or call program type, NONE displays and 1-877-438-9677 in Canada. 2. Press and hold one of the the radio returns to the last tuned six numbered pushbuttons until station. the radio beeps once. When that GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

7-12 Infotainment System

Finding an XM Channel To scan preset channels, press XM Radio Messages BAND: Press to switch between and hold q or r for more than XL (Explicit Language FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2 four seconds, PSCN displays and Channels): These channels, or (if equipped). The selection the radio beeps once. The radio any others, can be blocked at a displays. goes to a preset channel, plays for a customer's request, by calling few seconds, then goes to the next DISPL (Display): Press to 1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. and retrieve four different categories preset channel. Press q or r again, 1-877-438-9677 in Canada. of information related to the to stop scanning presets. Updating: The encryption code current song or channel: Artist, Setting Preset Channels in the receiver is being updated, Song Title, Category or PTY, and no action is required. This Channel Number/Channel Name. If the radio has XM, up to process should take no longer than 30 stations (6 FM1, 6 FM2, 30 seconds. q TUNE r : Turn to select XM 6 AM, 6 XM1, and 6 XM2) Channels. can be programmed on the No Signl: The system is SEEK : Press to go to the six numbered pushbuttons. functioning correctly, but the q r vehicle is in a location that is previous or next channel and stay To program either radio: there. blocking the XM signal. When the 1. Tune in the desired channel. vehicle is moved into an open area, q SCAN r : Press and hold for the signal should return. more than two seconds, SCAN 2. Press and hold one of the displays and the radio beeps once. six numbered pushbuttons until Loading: The radio system is The radio goes to a channel, plays the radio beeps once. When that acquiring and processing audio and for a few seconds, then goes to the numbered pushbutton is pressed text data. No action is needed. This again, the channel that was message should disappear shortly. next channel. Press or again, q r stored, returns. to stop scanning presets. Off Air: This channel is not 3. Repeat the steps for each currently in service. Tune to pushbutton. another channel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

Infotainment System 7-13

CH Unavl: This previously Radio ID: If this message is AM assigned channel is no longer received when tuned to channel 0, The range for most AM stations is assigned. Tune to another station. there could be a receiver fault. greater than for FM, especially at If this station was one of the Consult with your dealer. night. The longer range can cause presets, choose another station for Unknown: If this message is station frequencies to interfere that preset button. received when tuned to channel 0, with each other. For better radio Unauth: This channel is blocked or there could be a receiver fault. reception, most AM radio stations cannot be received with your XM Consult with your dealer. boost the power levels during the Subscription package. Check XM: If this message does day, and then reduce these levels No Info: No artist, song title, not clear within a short period of during the night. Static can also category, or text information is time, the receiver could have a fault. occur when things like storms and available at this time on this Consult with your dealer. power lines interfere with radio channel. The system is working reception. When this happens, try properly. Radio Reception reducing the treble on the radio. NotFound: No artist, song title, Frequency interference and static FM Stereo category, or text information is can occur during normal radio FM signals only reach about available at this time on this reception if items such as cell phone 16 to 65 km (10 to 40 miles). channel. The system is working chargers, vehicle convenience Although the radio has a built-in properly. accessories, and external electronic electronic circuit that automatically XM Lock: The XM receiver in your devices are plugged into the works to reduce interference, some vehicle could have previously been accessory power outlet. If there is static can occur, especially around in another vehicle. For security interference or static, unplug the tall buildings or hills, causing the purposes, XM receivers cannot be item from the accessory power sound to fade in and out. swapped between vehicles. If this outlet. message is received after having your vehicle serviced, check with your dealer. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

7-14 Infotainment System

XM™ Satellite Radio Service Fixed Mast Antenna Audio Players XM Satellite Radio Service gives The fixed mast antenna can digital radio reception from withstand most car washes without CD Player coast-to-coast in the 48 contiguous being damaged as long as it is United States, and in Canada. Just securely attached to the base. Care of The CD Player as with FM, tall buildings or hills can If the mast becomes slightly bent, Do not add any label to a CD, it interfere with satellite radio signals, straighten it out by hand. If the mast could get caught in the CD player. causing the sound to fade in and is badly bent, replace it. If a CD is recorded on a personal out. In addition, traveling or standing computer and a description label is under heavy foliage, bridges, Occasionally check to make sure the antenna is tightened to its base. needed, try labeling the top of the garages, or tunnels may cause loss recorded CD with a marking pen. of the XM signal for a period of time. If tightening is required, tighten by hand until fully seated plus The use of CD lens cleaners for Cellular Phone Usage one quarter turn. CDs is not advised, due to the risk Cellular phone usage may cause of contaminating the lens of the CD interference with the vehicle's radio. Satellite Radio Antenna optics with lubricants internal to the CD player mechanism. This interference may occur when The XM Satellite Radio antenna is making or receiving phone calls, located on the roof of the vehicle. Notice: If a label is added to a charging the phone's battery, Keep the antenna clear of CD, or more than one CD is or simply having the phone on. This obstructions for clear radio inserted into the slot at a time, interference causes an increased reception. or an attempt is made to play level of static while listening to the scratched or damaged CDs, the radio. If static is received while CD player could be damaged. listening to the radio, unplug the cellular phone and turn it off. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

Infotainment System 7-15

While using the CD player, use damage the surface. Pick up CDs When the CD is inserted, the CD only CDs in good condition by grasping the outer edges or the symbol displays. As each new track without any label, load one CD at edge of the hole and the outer edge. starts to play, the track number a time, and keep the CD player If the surface of a CD is soiled, take displays. and the loading slot free of a soft, lint free cloth or dampen a The CD player can play the smaller foreign materials, liquids, and clean, soft cloth in a mild, neutral 8 cm (3 in) single CDs with an debris. detergent solution mixed with water, adapter ring. Full-size CDs and the If an error displays, see “CD and clean it. Make sure the wiping smaller CDs are loaded in the same Messages” later in this section. process starts from the center to manner. the edge. Care of CDs 3 REV (Fast Reverse): Press and Playing a CD hold to reverse quickly within a If playing a CD-R, the sound track. Press and hold for less than quality can be reduced due to CD-R Insert a CD partway into the slot, two seconds to reverse at 10 times quality, the method of recording, the label side up. The player pulls it in, the normal playing speed. Press quality of the music that has been and READING displays. The CD and hold for more than two seconds recorded, and the way the CD-R should begin playing. To insert to reverse at 20 times the normal has been handled. Handle them a CD with the ignition off, first playing speed. Release to play the carefully. Store CD-R(s) in their press the Z (eject) button or the track. original cases or other protective DISPL knob. cases and away from direct sunlight 4 FWD (Fast Forward): Press and and dust. The CD player scans the If the ignition or radio is turned off hold to advance quickly within a bottom surface of the disc. If the with a CD in the player it stays in track. Press and hold for less than surface of a CD is damaged, such the player. When the ignition or two seconds to advance at six times as cracked, broken, or scratched, radio is turned on, the CD starts to the normal playing speed. Press the CD does not play properly or not play where it stopped, if it was the and hold for more than two seconds at all. Do not touch the bottom side last selected audio source. to advance at 17 times the normal of a CD while handling it; this could playing speed. Release to play the track. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

7-16 Infotainment System

6 RDM (Random): Press to hear hold for two seconds. The radio . Files can be recorded with a the tracks in random, rather than beeps once. The selected display is variety of fixed or variable bit sequential, order. RDM ON displays. now the default. rates. Song title, artist name, and album are displayed by RDM and the track number displays BAND: Press to listen to the radio when each track starts to play. the radio when recorded using when a CD is playing. The inactive ID3 tags version 1 and 2. Press again to turn off random play. CD remains inside the radio for RDM OFF displays. future listening. . Create a folder structure that q SEEK r : Press the left arrow to makes it easy to find songs CD AUX (Auxiliary): Press to play while driving. Organize songs by go to the start of the current or the a CD when listening to the radio. previous track. Press the right arrow albums using one folder for each The CD symbol displays when a CD album. Each folder or album to go to the start of the next track. is loaded. Pressing either arrow for more than should contain 18 songs or less. Z two seconds scans the next tracks, (Eject): Press to eject a CD. . Make sure to finalize the disc playing the first eight seconds of Eject can be activated with either when burning an MP3/WMA each track until all of the tracks the ignition or radio off. CDs can be disc, using multiple sessions. have been previewed. Press either loaded with the ignition and radio off It is usually better to burn the arrow again to stop scanning and to if this button is pressed first. disc all at once. play the track. Playing an MP3/WMA Disc The player is able to read and q TUNE r : Turn to go to the play a maximum of 253 folders, MP3/WMA CD-R Disc Format previous or next track. 50 playlists, 20 sessions, and DISPL (Display): Press to see how If you burn your own MP3/WMA 949 files. Long file names, folder long the current track has been disc on a personal computer: names, or playlist names may use playing. ET and the elapsed time of . Make sure the MP3/WMA files more disc memory space than the track displays. To change the are recorded on a CD-R disc. necessary. To conserve space on default on the display (track or the disc, minimize the length of . Make sure playlists have a .m3u elapsed time), press until you see the file, folder, or playlist names. or .wpl extension, other file the desired display, then press and extensions might not work. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

Infotainment System 7-17

An MP3/WMA CD-R that was Empty Directory or Folder When the CD contains only playlists recorded using no file folders can If a root directory or a folder exists and compressed audio files, but no also be used. The system can somewhere in the file structure that folders, all files are located under support up to 11 folders in depth, contains only folders/subfolders the root folder. The folder down though, keep the depth of the and no compressed files directly and the folder up buttons search folders to a minimum in order to beneath them, the player advances playlists (Px) first and then go to the keep down the complexity and to the next folder in the file structure root folder. When the radio displays confusion in trying to locate a that contains compressed audio the name of the folder, the radio particular folder during playback. files. The empty folder does not displays ROOT. If a CD contains more than display. the maximum of 253 folders, Order of Play 50 playlists, 20 sessions, and No Folder Tracks are played in the following 949 files, the player lets you access When the CD contains only order: and navigate up to the maximum, compressed files, the files are . Play begins from the first track but all items over the maximum are located under the root folder. The in the first playlist and continues played. next and previous folder functions sequentially through all tracks Root Directory have no function on a CD that was in each playlist. When the last recorded without folders or playlists. track of the last playlist has The root directory is treated as a When displaying the name of the played, play continues from the folder. If the root directory has folder the radio displays ROOT. first track of the first playlist. compressed audio files, the directory displays as F1 ROOT. All files contained directly under the root directory are accessed prior to any root directory folders. However, playlists (Px) are always accessed before root folders or files. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

7-18 Infotainment System

. If the CD does not contain any Track names longer than If the ignition or radio is turned off playlists, then play begins from 32 characters or four pages are with a CD in the player it stays in the first track under the root shortened. Parts of words on the the player. When the ignition or directory. When all tracks from last page of text and the extension radio is turned on, the CD starts to the root directory have played, of the filename does not display. play where it stopped, if it was the play continues from files last selected audio source. according to their numerical Preprogrammed Playlists listing. After playing the last As each new track starts to play, the Preprogrammed playlists which track number displays. track from the last folder, play were created by WinAmp™, begins again at the first track of MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™ 1 FLD x (Previous Folder): Press the first folder or root directory. software can be accessed, however, this button to go to the first track in When play enters a new folder, the they cannot be edited. These the previous folder. Pressing this display does not automatically show playlists are treated as special button while in folder random mode the new folder name unless you folders containing compressed takes you to the previous folder and have chosen the folder mode as audio song files. plays the tracks in random order in the default display. See DISPL Playing an MP3/WMA that folder. (display) later in this section for more information. The new track Insert a CD partway into the slot, 2 FLD w (Next Folder): Press this name displays. label side up. The player pulls it in, button to go to the first track in the and READING displays. The CD next folder. Pressing this button File System and Naming should begin playing and the CD while in folder random mode takes The song name that displays is the symbol displays. If you want to the CD to the next folder and plays song name that is contained in the insert a CD with the ignition off, the tracks in random order in that ID3 tag. If the song name is not first press the Z button or the folder. present in the ID3 tag, then the DISPL knob. radio displays the file name without the extension (such as .mp3) as the track name. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

Infotainment System 7-19

3 REV (Reverse): Press and hold To play all the tracks in random q TUNE r : Turn to reverse or this button to reverse quickly within order on the CD, press and hold advance through the tracks in a track. Press and hold this button this button for 2 seconds. A beep all folders or playlists. The track for less than 2 seconds to reverse at sounds and DISC RDM (disc number and file name displays for 10 times the normal playing speed. random) displays. This feature each track. Turning this knob while Press and hold it for more than does not work with playlists. in random reverses or advances the 2 seconds to reverse at 20 times the When in random, pressing and tracks in sequential order. normal playing speed. Release this releasing either SEEK arrow takes button to play the track. DISPL (Display): Press this knob the CD to the previous or to the next to switch between track mode, 4 FWD (Forward): Press and hold random track. folder/playlist mode, and time of this button to advance quickly within Press and release this button again day mode. The display shows only a track. Press and hold this button to turn off random play. NO RDM 8 characters, but there can be up to for less than 2 seconds to advance (no random) displays. 4 pages of text. If there are more at 10 times the normal playing than 8 characters in the song, folder, speed. Press and hold it for more q SEEK r : Press the left SEEK or playlist name, pressing this knob than 2 seconds to advance at arrow to go to the start of the within 2 seconds takes you to the 20 times the normal playing speed. previous track. Press the right next page of text. If there are no Release this button to play the SEEK arrow to go to the start of the other pages to be shown, pressing track. next track. Pressing either SEEK this knob within 2 seconds takes arrow for more than 2 seconds you to the next display mode. 6 RDM (Random): To play the searches the previous or next tracks tracks in random order in the current at two tracks per second. Release . Track mode displays the current folder or playlist, press and release the button to stop searching and to track number and the ID3 tag this button. FLDR RDM (folder play the track. song name. random) displays. Once all of the tracks in the current folder or playlist . Folder/playlist mode displays the have played, the system moves to current folder or playlist number the next folder or playlist and plays and the folder/playlist name. all of the tracks in random order. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

7-20 Infotainment System

. Time of day mode displays the CD AUX (Auxiliary): Press this . The CD is dirty, scratched, wet, time of day and the ID3 tag button to play a CD when listening or upside down. song name. to the radio. The CD symbol . The air is very humid. If so, wait To change the default on the illuminates on the display when a about an hour and try again. display, press the DISPL knob CD is loaded. . The format of the CD might not until you see the desired display, Z (Eject): Press this button be compatible. See “Using an then press and hold this knob for to eject a CD. Eject can activate MP3” later in this section. 2 seconds. The radio produces while either the ignition or radio is . one beep and the selected display off. CDs can be loaded with the There could have been a is now the default. ignition and radio off if this button is problem while burning the CD. INFO (Information): INFO displays pressed first. . The label could be caught in the CD player. when a current track has ID3 tag CD Messages information. Press this button If the CD is not playing correctly, to display the artist name and CHECK CD: If this message for any other reason, try a known album contained in the tag. INFO displays and/or the CD comes out, good CD. disappears from the display when it could be for one of the following the information in the ID3 tag has reasons: If any error occurs repeatedly or finished being read. if an error cannot be corrected, . It is very hot. When the contact your dealer. If the radio BAND: Press this button to listen to temperature returns to normal, displays an error message, write it the radio when a CD is playing. The the CD should play. down and provide it to your dealer inactive CD remains inside the radio . You are driving on a very rough when reporting the problem. for future listening. road. When the road becomes smoother, the CD should play. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (21,1)

Infotainment System 7-21

Phone Noise: Keep interior noise levels to Bluetooth Controls a minimum. The system may not recognize voice commands if there Use the g button, located on the Bluetooth is too much background noise. driver side of the instrument panel Vehicles with a Bluetooth system near the headlamp controls, to When to Speak: A short tone operate the Bluetooth system. can use a Bluetooth capable cell sounds after the system responds phone with a Hands‐Free Profile to indicating when it is waiting for a g (Push To Talk): Press to answer make and receive phone calls. The voice command. Wait until the tone incoming calls, to confirm system system can be used while the key is and then speak. information, and to start speech in ON/RUN or ACC/ACCESSORY recognition. position. The range of the Bluetooth How to Speak: Speak clearly in a system can be up to 9.1 m (30 ft). calm and natural voice. Pairing Not all phones support all functions, Audio System A Bluetooth cell phone must be and not all phones are guaranteed paired to the Bluetooth system and to work with the Bluetooth system. When using the in‐vehicle Bluetooth then connected to the vehicle before See www.gm.com/bluetooth for system, sound comes through the it can be used. See your cell phone more information on compatible vehicle's front audio system manufacturer's user guide for phones. speakers and overrides the audio Bluetooth functions before pairing system. Use the audio system Voice Recognition the cell phone. If a Bluetooth phone volume knob, during a call, to is not connected, calls will be made change the volume level. The ® The Bluetooth system uses voice using OnStar Hands‐Free Calling, recognition to interpret voice adjusted volume level remains in if available. Refer to the OnStar commands to dial phone numbers memory for later calls. To prevent owner's guide for more information. and name tags. missed calls, a minimum volume level is used if the volume is turned For additional information say down too low. “Help” while you are in a voice recognition menu. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (22,1)

7-22 Infotainment System

Pairing Information Pairing a Phone cell phone. This name will be used to indicate which phones . Up to five cell phones can be 1. Press and release g. paired to the Bluetooth system. are paired and connected to the 2. Say “Bluetooth.” vehicle, see “Listing All Paired . The pairing process is disabled and Connected Phones” later in when the vehicle is moving. 3. Say “Pair.” The system responds this section for more information. with instructions and a four‐digit . Pairing only needs to be Personal Identification 6. Repeat Steps 1 through 5 to pair completed once, unless the Number (PIN). additional phones. pairing information on the cell phone changes or the cell phone 4. Start the pairing process on the Listing All Paired and Connected is deleted from the system. cell phone that you want to pair. Phones For help with this process, see . Only one paired cell phone can The system can list all cell phones your cell phone manufacturer's paired to it. If a paired cell phone is be connected to the Bluetooth user guide. system at a time. also connected to the vehicle, the 5. Locate the device named “Your system responds with “is connected” . If multiple paired cell phones are Vehicle” in the list on the cell after that phone name. within range of the system, the phone. Follow the instructions system connects to the first on the cell phone to enter the 1. Press and release g. available paired cell phone in the PIN that was provided in Step 3. 2. Say “Bluetooth.” order that they were first paired After the PIN is successfully to the system. To link to a entered, the system prompts you 3. Say “List.” different paired phone, see to provide a name for the paired “Linking to a Different Phone” later in this section. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (23,1)

Infotainment System 7-23

Deleting a Paired Phone 3. Say “Change phone.” Digit Store: This command allows a phone number to be stored as a If the phone name you want to . If another cell phone is name tag by entering the digits one delete is unknown, see “Listing All found, the response will be at a time. Paired and Connected Phones.” “ is now connected.” Delete: This command is used to 1. Press and release g. delete individual name tags. . If another cell phone is not 2. Say “Bluetooth.” found, the original phone Delete All Name Tags: This 3. Say “Delete.” The system asks remains connected. command deletes all stored name for which phone to delete. tags in the Hands Free Calling Storing and Deleting Phone Directory and the OnStar Turn by 4. Say the name of the phone you Numbers Turn Destinations Directory. want to delete. The system can store up to Using the “Store” Command Connecting to a Different Phone 30 phone numbers as name tags To connect to a different cell phone, in the Hands Free Directory that is 1. Press and release g. shared between the Bluetooth and the Bluetooth system looks for the 2. Say “Store.” next available cell phone in the OnStar systems. 3. Say the phone number or group order in which all the available cell The following commands are used of numbers you want to store all phones were paired. Depending delete and store phone numbers. on which cell phone you want to at once with no pauses, then Store: This command will store connect to, you may have to use follow the directions given by the a phone number, or a group of this command several times. system to save a name tag for numbers as a name tag. this number. 1. Press and release g. 2. Say “Bluetooth.” GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (24,1)

7-24 Infotainment System

Using the “Digit Store” Command Using the “Delete” Command Listing Stored Numbers If an unwanted number is 1. Press and release g. The list command will list all the recognized by the system, say stored numbers and name tags. “Clear” at any time to clear the last 2. Say “Delete.” Using the List Command number. 3. Say the name tag you want to “ ” To hear all of the numbers delete. 1. Press and release g. recognized by the system, say Using the “Delete All Name Tags” 2. Say “Directory.” “Verify” at any time. Command 3. Say “Hands Free Calling.” 1. Press and release . This command deletes all stored g 4. Say List . name tags in the Hands Free “ ” 2. Say “Digit Store.” Calling Directory and the Making a Call 3. Say each digit, one at a time, OnStarTurn by Turn Destinations that you want to store. After Directory. Calls can be made using the each digit is entered, the system following commands. To delete all name tags: repeats back the digit it heard Dial or Call: The dial or followed by a tone. After the last 1. Press and release g. call command can be used digit has been entered, say interchangeably to dial a phone 2. Say Delete all name tags. “Store,” and then follow the “ ” number or a stored name tag. directions given by the system to save a name tag for this number. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (25,1)

Infotainment System 7-25

Digit Dial: This command allows Using the “Digit Dial” Command Once connected, the person called a phone number to be dialed by The digit dial command allows a will be heard through the audio entering the digits one at a time. phone number to be dialed by speakers. Re‐dial: This command is used to entering the digits one at a time. Using the “Re‐dial” Command dial the last number used on the cell After each digit is entered, the phone. system repeats back the digit it 1. Press and release g. heard followed by a tone. Using the “Dial” or “Call” 2. After the tone, say “Re‐dial.” Command If an unwanted number is Once connected, the person called recognized by the system, say will be heard through the audio 1. Press and release . g “Clear” at any time to clear the last speakers. 2. Say “Dial” or “Call.” number. Receiving a Call 3. Say the entire number without To hear all of the numbers pausing or say the name tag. recognized by the system, say When an incoming call is received, “Verify” at any time. the audio system mutes and a Once connected, the person called ring tone is heard in the vehicle. will be heard through the audio 1. Press and release . g Press and release to answer speakers. g 2. Say “Digit Dial.” the call. 3. Say each digit, one at a time, that you want to dial. After each digit is entered, the system repeats back the digit it heard followed by a tone. After the last digit has been entered, say “Dial.” GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (26,1)

7-26 Infotainment System

Call Waiting Three‐Way Calling Ending a Call Call waiting must be supported on Three‐Way Calling must be To end a call: the Bluetooth phone and enabled by supported on the Bluetooth phone the wireless service carrier to work. and enabled by the wireless service 1. Press and release g. carrier to work. 2. Say “End Call.” . Press and release g to answer an incoming call when another 1. While on a call press and Muting a Call call is active. The original call is release g. During a call, all sounds from inside placed on hold. 2. Say “Three‐way call.” the vehicle can be muted so that the . Press and release g again to 3. Use the dial or call command to person on the other end of the call return to the original call. dial the number of the third party cannot hear them. . To ignore the incoming call, to be called. To mute a call, press g, and then continue with the original call 4. Once the call is connected, say “Mute Call.” with no action. press g to link all the callers To cancel mute, press g, and then together. say “Un‐mute Call.” GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (27,1)

Infotainment System 7-27

Transferring a Call To Transfer Audio to the Bluetooth 3. Say “Voice.” System From a Cell Phone Audio can be transferred between . The cell phone's normal the Bluetooth system and the cell During a call with the audio on the prompt messages will go phone. cell phone, press g for more than through its cycle according to the phone's operating The cell phone must be paired two seconds. The audio transfers to instructions. and connected with the Bluetooth the vehicle. If the audio does not system before a call can be transfer to the vehicle, use the audio Dual Tone Multi-Frequency transferred. The connection process transfer feature on the cell phone. (DTMF) Tones can take up to two minutes after the See your cell phone manufacturer's ignition is turned to ON/RUN. user guide for more information. The Bluetooth system can send numbers and the numbers stored as To Transfer Audio From the Voice Pass-Thru name tags during a call. You can Bluetooth System to a Cell Phone Voice Pass‐Thru allows access to use this feature when calling a During a call with the audio in the the voice recognition commands on menu driven phone system. Account vehicle: the cell phone. See the cell phone numbers can also be stored for use. manufacturer's user guide to see if 1. Press and release g. Sending a Number or Name Tag the cell phone supports this feature. During a Call 2. Say “Transfer Call.” This feature can be used to verbally access contacts stored in the cell 1. Press g. The system responds phone. “Ready”, followed by a tone. 1. Press and release g. 2. Say “Dial.” 2. Say “Bluetooth.” 3. Say the number or name tag to send. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (28,1)

7-28 Infotainment System

Clearing the System Other Information Unless information is deleted out of The Bluetooth® word mark and the in‐vehicle Bluetooth system, it logos are owned by the Bluetooth® will be retained indefinitely. This SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks includes all saved name tags in by General Motors is under license. the phonebook and phone pairing Other trademarks and trade names information. For information on how are those of their respective owners. to delete this information, see the See Radio Frequency above sections on Deleting a Paired Statement on page 13‑19 Phone and Deleting Name Tags. for Federal Communications Commission and Industry Canada information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Climate Controls 8-1

Climate Controls Climate Control Systems The heating, cooling, and ventilation for the vehicle can be controlled with Climate Control Systems this system. Climate Control Systems ...... 8-1 Air Vents Air Vents ...... 8-3

A. Temperature Control Temperature Control: Turn the B. Fan Control knob clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the C. Air Delivery Mode Control temperature of the air inside the D. Air Conditioning vehicle. E. Recirculation 9 (Fan Control): Turn the knob clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the fan speed. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

8-2 Climate Controls

If the knob is set on “0” (zero), some / (Floor/Defog): This mode # (Air Conditioning): Press to outside air will still enter the vehicle clears the windows of fog or turn the air conditioning system and will be directed according to the moisture. Air is directed to the floor, on or off. An indicator light on the position of the mode knob. windshield, and side window outlets. button comes on to show that the air Air Delivery Mode Control: When this mode is selected, the conditioning is on. Turn the knob clockwise or system runs the air conditioning The fan control must be on to use counterclockwise to change the compressor unless the outside the air conditioning. current airflow mode. temperature is near freezing or below. Recirculation is not available There might be a slight change in Select from the following modes: in this mode. engine performance when the air H (Vent): Air is directed to the conditioning compressor shuts off 0 (Defrost): This mode clears and turns on again. This is normal. instrument panel outlets. the windshield of fog or frost more \ The system is designed to make (Bi-Level): Air is divided quickly. Air is directed to the adjustments to help with fuel between the instrument panel windshield and side window outlets. economy while still maintaining outlets and floor and side window When this mode is selected, the the selected temperature. outlets. Cooler air is directed to the system runs the air conditioning upper outlets and warmer air to the compressor unless the outside The air conditioning system floor outlets. temperature is near, or below removes moisture from the air, so a freezing. Recirculation is not small amount of water might drip [ (Floor): Air is directed to the available in this mode. under the vehicle while idling or floor outlets. Recirculation cannot after turning off the engine. This is be selected while in floor mode Do not drive the vehicle until all the normal. because this could cause the windows are clear. interior window to fog. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Climate Controls 8-3

@ (Recirculation): Press to turn Air Vents Operation Tips the recirculation mode on or off. An . Clear away any ice, snow or Use the thumbwheel on the outlets indicator light on the button comes leaves from the air inlets at the to change the direction of the on to show that the recirculation base of the windshield that may air flow. mode is on. This mode recirculates block the flow of air into the and helps to quickly cool the air Lift up or push down on the vehicle. inside the vehicle. It can be used to thumbwheel located in the center . Use of non-GM approved hood prevent outside air and odors from of the outlet to direct the air up or deflectors may adversely affect entering the vehicle. down, or slide the thumbwheel to the performance of the system. The recirculation mode cannot be the left or right to direct the airflow used with floor/defog, defrost, from side‐to‐side. . Keep the path under the front or defogging modes. If recirculation seats clear of objects to help is selected in these modes, the circulate the air inside of the indicator will flash or not come on. vehicle more effectively. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

8-4 Climate Controls

2 NOTES GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Driving and Operating 9-1

Starting and Operating Automatic Transmission Driving and New Vehicle Break-In ...... 9-28 Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-37 Operating Ignition Positions ...... 9-29 Starting the Engine ...... 9-30 Manual Transmission Engine Heater ...... 9-32 Manual Transmission ...... 9-40 Driving Information Retained Accessory Drive Systems Defensive Driving ...... 9-2 Power (RAP) ...... 9-33 Four-Wheel Drive ...... 9-42 Drunk Driving ...... 9-2 Shifting Into Park (Automatic Control of a Vehicle ...... 9-3 Transmission) ...... 9-33 Brakes Braking ...... 9-3 Shifting Out of Park Antilock Brake Steering ...... 9-4 (Automatic System (ABS) ...... 9-46 Off-Road Recovery ...... 9-5 Transmission) ...... 9-34 Parking Brake ...... 9-47 Loss of Control ...... 9-6 Parking (Manual Brake Assist ...... 9-48 Transmission) ...... 9-35 Off-Road Driving ...... 9-7 Ride Control Systems Driving on Wet Roads ...... 9-17 Parking Over Things Traction Control Highway Hypnosis ...... 9-18 That Burn ...... 9-35 System (TCS) ...... 9-48 Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-18 Engine Exhaust StabiliTrak® System ...... 9-50 Winter Driving ...... 9-19 Engine Exhaust ...... 9-36 Limited-Slip Rear Axle ...... 9-51 If the Vehicle is Stuck ...... 9-21 Running the Vehicle While Vehicle Load Limits ...... 9-22 Parked ...... 9-36 Cruise Control Truck-Camper Loading Cruise Control ...... 9-52 Information ...... 9-28 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

9-2 Driving and Operating

Fuel Driving Information Fuel ...... 9-54 WARNING (Continued) Recommended Fuel ...... 9-55 Driver distraction can cause Gasoline Specifications (U.S. Defensive Driving collisions resulting in injury or and Canada Only) ...... 9-55 Defensive driving means always “ possible death. These simple California Fuel expect the unexpected.” The first Requirements ...... 9-55 step in driving defensively is to wear defensive driving techniques Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-55 your safety belt. See Safety Belts on could save your life. Fuel Additives ...... 9-56 page 3‑12. Filling the Tank ...... 9-57 Drunk Driving Filling a Portable Fuel { WARNING Container ...... 9-58 { WARNING Towing Assume that other road users General Towing (pedestrians, bicyclists, and other Drinking and then driving is Information ...... 9-59 drivers) are going to be careless very dangerous. Your reflexes, Driving Characteristics and and make mistakes. Anticipate perceptions, attentiveness, and Towing Tips ...... 9-59 what they might do and be ready. judgment can be affected by even Trailer Towing ...... 9-64 In addition: a small amount of alcohol. You Towing Equipment ...... 9-69 . Allow enough following can have a serious — or even Conversions and Add-Ons distance between you and fatal — collision if you drive after Add-On Electrical the driver in front of you. drinking. Do not drink and drive or Equipment ...... 9-70 . Focus on the task of driving. ride with a driver who has been drinking. Ride home in a cab; or if Pickup Conversion to (Continued) Chassis Cab ...... 9-70 you are with a group, designate a driver who will not drink. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Driving and Operating 9-3

Death and injury associated with Medical research shows that Braking drinking and driving is a global alcohol in a person's system tragedy. can make crash injuries worse, See Brake System Warning Light on page 5‑17. Alcohol affects four things that especially injuries to the brain, anyone needs to drive a vehicle: spinal cord, or heart. This means Braking action involves perception judgment, muscular coordination, that when anyone who has been time and reaction time. Deciding to vision, and attentiveness. drinking — driver or passenger — is push the brake pedal is perception in a crash, that person's chance of time. Actually doing it is Police records show that being killed or permanently disabled reaction time. almost 40 percent of all motor is higher than if the person had not vehicle-related deaths involve been drinking. Average reaction time is about alcohol. In most cases, these three‐fourths of a second. But that is deaths are the result of someone Control of a Vehicle only an average. It might be less who was drinking and driving. with one driver and as long as In recent years, more than The following three systems two or three seconds or more with 17,000 annual motor vehicle-related help to control the vehicle while another. Age, physical condition, deaths have been associated with driving — brakes, steering, and alertness, coordination, and the use of alcohol, with about accelerator. At times, as when eyesight all play a part. So do 250,000 people injured. driving on snow or ice, it is easy to alcohol, drugs, and frustration. ask more of those control systems But even in three‐fourths of a For persons under 21, it is against than the tires and road can provide. second, a vehicle moving at the law in every U.S. state to drink Meaning, you can lose control of the 100 km/h (60 mph) travels 20 m alcohol. There are good medical, vehicle. (66 ft). That could be a lot of psychological, and developmental distance in an emergency, so Adding non dealer accessories can reasons for these laws. ‐ keeping enough space between the affect vehicle performance. See vehicle and others is important. The obvious way to eliminate the Accessories and Modifications on leading highway safety problem is page 10‑3. for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

9-4 Driving and Operating

And, of course, actual stopping If the engine ever stops while the Steering Tips distances vary greatly with the vehicle is being driven, brake It is important to take curves at a surface of the road, whether it is normally but do not pump the reasonable speed. pavement or gravel; the condition brakes. If the brakes are pumped, of the road, whether it is wet, dry, the pedal could get harder to push Traction in a curve depends on or icy; tire tread; the condition of the down. If the engine stops, there will the condition of the tires and the brakes; the weight of the vehicle; still be some power brake assist but road surface, the angle at which and the amount of brake force it will be used when the brake is the curve is banked, and vehicle applied. applied. Once the power assist is speed. While in a curve, speed is the one factor that can be Avoid needless heavy used up, it can take longer to stop controlled. braking. Some people drive in and the brake pedal will be harder to push. spurts — heavy acceleration If there is a need to reduce speed, followed by heavy braking — rather Adding non‐dealer accessories can do it before entering the curve, while than keeping pace with traffic. This affect vehicle performance. See the front wheels are straight. is a mistake. The brakes might not Accessories and Modifications on Try to adjust the speed so you can have time to cool between hard page 10‑3. drive through the curve. Maintain a stops. The brakes will wear out reasonable, steady speed. Wait to much faster with a lot of heavy Steering accelerate until out of the curve, braking. Keeping pace with the Power Steering and then accelerate gently into the traffic and allowing realistic following straightaway. distances eliminates a lot of If power steering assist is lost unnecessary braking. That means because the engine stops or the better braking and longer brake life. power steering system is not functioning, the vehicle can be steered but it will take more effort. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

Driving and Operating 9-5

Steering in Emergencies Off-Road Recovery There are times when steering can The vehicle's right wheels can drop be more effective than braking. For off the edge of a road onto the example, you come over a hill and shoulder while driving. find a truck stopped in your lane, or a car suddenly pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts out from between parked cars and stops right in front of you. These problems can be avoided by braking — if you can stop in time. But sometimes you cannot stop in time because there is no room. That is the time for An emergency like this requires evasive action — steering around close attention and a quick decision. the problem. If holding the steering wheel at the The vehicle can perform very recommended 9 and 3 o'clock well in emergencies like these. positions, it can be turned a full First apply the brakes. See Braking 180 degrees very quickly without removing either hand. But you have If the level of the shoulder is on page 9‑3. It is better to remove to act fast, steer quickly, and just as only slightly below the pavement, as much speed as possible from recovery should be fairly easy. a collision. Then steer around quickly straighten the wheel once you have avoided the object. Ease off the accelerator and the problem, to the left or right then, if there is nothing in the depending on the space available. The fact that such emergency way, steer so that the vehicle situations are always possible is a straddles the edge of the pavement. good reason to practice defensive driving at all times and wear safety belts properly. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

9-6 Driving and Operating

Turn the steering wheel 8 to 13 cm Skidding Of course, traction is reduced when (3 to 5 inches), about one-eighth water, snow, ice, gravel, or other In a skid, a driver can lose control of turn, until the right front tire contacts material is on the road. For safety, the vehicle. Defensive drivers avoid the pavement edge. Then turn the slow down and adjust your driving to most skids by taking reasonable steering wheel to go straight down these conditions. It is important to care suited to existing conditions, the roadway. slow down on slippery surfaces and by not overdriving those because stopping distance is longer conditions. But skids are always and vehicle control more limited. Loss of Control possible. While driving on a surface with Let us review what driving experts The three types of skids correspond reduced traction, try to avoid say about what happens when the to the vehicle's three control sudden steering, acceleration, three control systems — brakes, systems. In the braking skid, the or braking, including reducing steering, and acceleration — do not wheels are not rolling. In the vehicle speed by shifting to a lower have enough friction where the tires steering or cornering skid, too much gear. Any sudden changes could meet the road to do what the driver speed or steering in a curve causes cause the tires to slide. You might has asked. tires to slip and lose cornering force. not realize the surface is slippery And in the acceleration skid, too In any emergency, do not give up. until the vehicle is skidding. Learn to much throttle causes the driving Keep trying to steer and constantly recognize warning clues such as wheels to spin. — seek an escape route or area of enough water, ice, or packed snow less danger. If the vehicle starts to slide, ease on the road to make a mirrored your foot off the accelerator pedal surface — and slow down when you and quickly steer the way you have any doubt. want the vehicle to go. If you start Remember: Antilock brakes help steering quickly enough, the vehicle avoid only the braking skid. may straighten out. Always be ready for a second skid if it occurs. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Driving and Operating 9-7

Off-Road Driving Off-roading can be great fun but has Before You Go Off-Roading some definite hazards. The greatest . Have all necessary maintenance Vehicles with four-wheel drive of these is the terrain itself. When and service work done. can be used for off-road driving. off-road driving, traffic lanes are not Vehicles without four-wheel drive marked, curves are not banked, and . Make sure there is enough fuel, should not be driven off-road except there are no road signs. Surfaces that fluid levels are where they on a level, solid surface. can be slippery, rough, uphill, should be, and that the spare The airbag system is designed to or downhill. tire is fully inflated. work properly under a wide range of Avoid sharp turns and abrupt . Be sure to read all the conditions, including off‐road usage. maneuvers. Failure to operate the information about Always wear your safety belt and vehicle correctly off‐road could four-wheel-drive vehicles observe safe driving speeds, result in loss of vehicle control or in this manual. especially on rough terrain. vehicle rollover. . Make sure all underbody Drinking and driving can be very Off-roading involves some new shields, if the vehicle has them, dangerous on any road and this is skills. That is why it is very are properly attached. certainly true for off-road driving. important that you read these . Know the local laws that apply At the very time you need special driving tips and suggestions to help alertness and driving skills, your to off-roading where you will make off-road driving safer and be driving or check with law reflexes, perceptions, and judgment more enjoyable. can be affected by even a small enforcement people in the area. amount of alcohol. You could have a . Be sure to get the necessary serious — or even fatal — accident permission if you will be on if you drink and drive or ride with a private land. driver who has been drinking. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

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Loading Your Vehicle for You will find other important Off-Road Driving WARNING (Continued) information under Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑22 and Tires on . Heavy loads on the roof raise { WARNING page 10‑50. the vehicle's center of gravity, Environmental Concerns . Cargo on the load floor piled making it more likely to roll higher than the seatbacks over. You can be seriously or Off-road driving can provide can be thrown forward during fatally injured if the vehicle wholesome and satisfying a sudden stop. You or your rolls over. Put heavy loads recreation. However, it also passengers could be injured. inside the cargo area, not on raises environmental concerns. Keep cargo below the top of the roof. Keep cargo in the We recognize these concerns and the seatbacks. cargo area as far forward and urge every off-roader to follow these basic rules for protecting the . low as possible. Unsecured cargo on the environment: load floor can be tossed about when driving over There are some important things to . Always use established trails, rough terrain. You or your remember about how to load your roads, and areas that have been passengers can be struck vehicle. specially set aside for public by flying objects. Secure the off-road recreational driving and . cargo properly. The heaviest things should be obey all posted regulations. on the floor, forward of the rear (Continued) axle. Put heavier items as far . Avoid any driving practice forward as you can. that could damage shrubs, flowers, trees, or grasses or . Be sure the load is properly disturb wildlife. This includes secured, so things are not wheel-spinning, breaking down tossed around. trees, or unnecessary driving through streams or over soft ground. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

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. Always carry a litter bag and For vehicles with a winch, be sure Controlling the vehicle is the key to make sure all refuse is removed to read the winch instructions. In a successful off-road driving. One of from any campsite before remote area, a winch can be handy the best ways to control the vehicle leaving. if you get stuck but you will want to is to control the speed. At higher . Take extreme care with open know how to use it properly. speeds: fires (where permitted), camp Getting Familiar with Off-Road . You approach things faster and stoves, and lanterns. Driving have less time to react. . Never park your vehicle over It is a good idea to practice in an . There is less time to scan the dry grass or other combustible terrain for obstacles. materials that could catch fire area that is safe and close to home from the heat of the vehicle's before you go into the wilderness. . The vehicle has more bounce exhaust system. Off-roading requires some new and when driving over obstacles. different skills. . More braking distance is Traveling to Remote Areas Tune your senses to different kinds needed, especially on an It makes sense to plan your trip, of signals. Your eyes need to unpaved surface. especially when going to a remote constantly sweep the terrain for area. Know the terrain and plan unexpected obstacles. Your ears { WARNING your route. Get accurate maps of need to listen for unusual tire or trails and terrain. Check to see if engine sounds. Use your arms, When you are driving off-road, there are any blocked or closed hands, feet, and body to respond to bouncing and quick changes in roads. vibrations and vehicle bounce. direction can easily throw you out It is also a good idea to travel with of position. This could cause you at least one other vehicle in case to lose control and crash. So, something happens to one of them. whether you are driving on or off the road, you and your passengers should wear safety belts. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

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Scanning the Terrain Some things to consider: Because you will be on an unpaved surface, it is especially important to Off-road driving can take you over . Is the path ahead clear? avoid sudden acceleration, sudden many different kinds of terrain. Be . Will the surface texture change turns, or sudden braking. familiar with the terrain and its many abruptly up ahead? different features. Off-roading requires a different kind . Does the travel take you uphill or of alertness from driving on paved Surface Conditions: Off-roading downhill? roads and highways. There are no surfaces can be hard-packed dirt, road signs, posted speed limits, gravel, rocks, grass, sand, mud, . Will you have to stop suddenly or signal lights. Use good judgment snow, or ice. Each of these surfaces or change direction quickly? about what is safe and what is not. affects the vehicle's steering, When driving over obstacles or acceleration, and braking in different rough terrain, keep a firm grip on Driving on Hills ways. Depending on the surface, the steering wheel. Ruts, troughs, slipping, sliding, wheel spinning, Off-road driving often takes you up, or other surface features can jerk down, or across a hill. Driving safely delayed acceleration, poor traction, the wheel out of your hands. and longer braking distances can on hills requires good judgment occur. When driving over bumps, rocks, and an understanding of what the or other obstacles, the wheels can vehicle can and cannot do. There Surface Obstacles: Unseen or leave the ground. If this happens, are some hills that simply cannot be hidden obstacles can be hazardous. even with one or two wheels, you driven, no matter how well built the A rock, log, hole, rut, or bump can cannot control the vehicle as well or vehicle. startle you if you are not prepared at all. for them. Often these obstacles are hidden by grass, bushes, snow, or even the rise and fall of the terrain itself. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

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Consider this as you approach a hill: Driving Uphill { WARNING . Is there a constant incline, Once you decide it is safe to drive Many hills are simply too steep or does the hill get sharply up the hill: steeper in places? for any vehicle. If you drive up . Use a low gear and get a firm them, you will stall. If you drive . Is there good traction on the grip on the steering wheel. down them, you cannot control hillside, or will the surface cause . Get a smooth start up the hill your speed. If you drive across tire slipping? and try to maintain speed. Not them, you will roll over. You could . Is there a straight path up or using more power than needed be seriously injured or killed. down the hill so you will not can avoid spinning the wheels or If you have any doubt about the have to make turning sliding. steepness, do not drive the hill. maneuvers? . Are there obstructions on the hill { WARNING Approaching a Hill that can block your path, such Turning or driving across steep When you approach a hill, decide as boulders, trees, logs, or ruts? hills can be dangerous. You could if it is too steep to climb, descend, . What is beyond the hill? Is there lose traction, slide sideways, and or cross. Steepness can be hard a cliff, an embankment, a possibly roll over. You could be to judge. On a very small hill, for drop-off, a fence? Get out and seriously injured or killed. When example, there may be a smooth, walk the hill if you do not know. constant incline with only a small It is the smart way to find out. driving up hills, always try to go change in elevation where you can straight up. . Is the hill simply too rough? easily see all the way to the top. Steep hills often have ruts, On a large hill, the incline may get gullies, troughs, and exposed . Try to drive straight up the hill if steeper as you near the top, but you rocks because they are more at all possible. If the path twists might not see this because the crest susceptible to the effects of and turns, you might want to find of the hill is hidden by bushes, erosion. another route. grass, or shrubs. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

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. Ease up on the speed as you If the vehicle stalls, or is about to . While backing down the hill, put approach the top of the hill. stall, and you cannot make it up your left hand on the steering wheel at the 12 o'clock position . Attach a flag to the vehicle to the hill: so you can tell if the wheels are be more visible to approaching . Push the brake pedal to stop traffic on trails or hills. straight and can maneuver as the vehicle and keep it from you back down. It is best to back . Sound the horn as you approach rolling backwards and apply the down the hill with the wheels the top of the hill to let opposing parking brake. straight rather than in the left or traffic know you are there. . If the engine is still running, shift right direction. Turning the wheel . Use headlamps even during the the transmission to R (Reverse), too far to the left or right will day to make the vehicle more release the parking brake, and increase the possibility of a visible to oncoming traffic. slowly back down the hill in rollover. R (Reverse). Things not to do if the vehicle stalls, { WARNING . If the engine has stopped or is about to stall, when going up running, you need to restart it. a hill: Driving to the top (crest) of a With the brake pedal pressed . Never attempt to prevent a hill at full speed can cause an and the parking brake still stall by shifting into N (Neutral), accident. There could be a applied, shift the automatic or pressing the clutch pedal if drop-off, embankment, cliff, transmission to P (Park) or the the vehicle has a manual or even another vehicle. You manual transmission to Neutral transmission, to rev-up the could be seriously injured or and restart the engine. Then, engine and regain forward killed. As you near the top of a shift to R (Reverse), release the momentum. This will not work. hill, slow down and stay alert. parking brake, and slowly back The vehicle can roll backward down the hill as straight as very quickly and could go out of possible in R (Reverse). control. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

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. Never try to turn around if about Driving Downhill to stall when going up a hill. { WARNING If the hill is steep enough to stall When off-roading takes you the vehicle, it is steep enough Shifting the transfer case to downhill, consider: to cause it to roll over. If you Neutral can cause your vehicle to . How steep is the downhill? Will I cannot make it up the hill, back roll even if the transmission is in be able to maintain vehicle straight down the hill. P (Park). This is because the control? Neutral position on the transfer If, after stalling, you try to back . What is the surface like? case overrides the transmission. down the hill and decide you just Smooth? Rough? Slippery? You or someone else could be cannot do it, set the parking brake, Hard-packed dirt? Gravel? shift to P (Park) or 1 (First) with a injured. If you are going to leave . manual transmission, and turn off your vehicle, set the parking Are there hidden surface the engine. Leave the vehicle and brake and shift the transmission obstacles? Ruts? Logs? go get some help. Exit on the uphill to P (Park). But do not shift the Boulders? side and stay clear of the path transfer case to Neutral. . What is at the bottom of the hill? the vehicle would take if it rolled Is there a hidden creek bank or downhill. Do not shift the transfer even a river bottom with large case to Neutral when you leave the rocks? vehicle. Leave it in some gear. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

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If you decide you can go down a Things not to do when driving down Driving Across an Incline hill safely, try to keep the vehicle a hill: An off-road trail will probably go headed straight down. Use a low . When driving downhill, avoid across the incline of a hill. To decide gear so engine drag can help the turns that take you across the whether to try to drive across the brakes so they do not have to do all incline of the hill. A hill that is not incline, consider the following: the work. Descend slowly, keeping too steep to drive down might be the vehicle under control at all too steep to drive across. The { WARNING times. vehicle could roll over.

. Driving across an incline that is { WARNING Never go downhill with the transmission in N (Neutral), too steep will make your vehicle Heavy braking when going down called free-wheeling. The brakes roll over. You could be seriously a hill can cause your brakes to will have to do all the work and injured or killed. If you have any overheat and fade. This could could overheat and fade. doubt about the steepness of the cause loss of control and a Vehicles are much more likely to incline, do not drive across it. serious accident. Apply the stall when going uphill, but if it Find another route instead. brakes lightly when descending a happens when going downhill: hill and use a low gear to keep 1. Stop the vehicle by applying the . A hill that can be driven straight vehicle speed under control. regular brakes and apply the up or down might be too steep parking brake. to drive across. When going straight up or down a hill, the 2. Shift to P (Park) and, while still length of the wheel base — the braking, restart the engine. distance from the front wheels to 3. Shift back to a low gear, release the rear wheels — reduces the the parking brake, and drive likelihood the vehicle will tumble straight down. 4. If the engine will not start, get out and get help. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

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end over end. But when driving . Hidden obstacles can make the Stalling on an Incline across an incline, the narrower steepness of the incline even worse. If you drive across a rock track width — the distance { WARNING between the left and right with the uphill wheels, or if the wheels — might not prevent the downhill wheels drop into a rut Getting out on the downhill (low) or depression, the vehicle can tilt vehicle from tilting and rolling side of a vehicle stopped across even more. over. Driving across an incline an incline is dangerous. If the puts more weight on the downhill For these reasons, carefully vehicle rolls over, you could be wheels which could cause a consider whether to try to drive crushed or killed. Always get out downhill slide or a rollover. across an incline. Just because the on the uphill (high) side of the . Surface conditions can be a trail goes across the incline does vehicle and stay well clear of the problem. Loose gravel, muddy not mean you have to drive it. The rollover path. spots, or even wet grass can last vehicle to try it might have cause the tires to slip sideways, rolled over. If the vehicle stalls when crossing downhill. If the vehicle slips If you feel the vehicle starting to sideways, it can hit something an incline, be sure you, and any slide sideways, turn downhill. This passengers, get out on the uphill that will trip it — a rock, a rut, should help straighten out the side, even if the door there is etc. — and roll over. vehicle and prevent the side harder to open. If you get out on slipping. The best way to prevent the downhill side and the vehicle this is to “walk the course” first, so starts to roll over, you will be right in you know what the surface is like its path. before driving it. If you have to walk down the slope, stay out of the path the vehicle will take if it does roll over. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

9-16 Driving and Operating

Driving in Mud, Sand, Snow, Hard packed snow and ice offer Driving in Water or Ice the worst tire traction. On these surfaces, it is very easy to lose { WARNING When you drive in mud, snow, control. On wet ice, for example, the or sand, the wheels do not get traction is so poor that you will have good traction. Acceleration is not as Driving through rushing water can difficulty accelerating. And, if the be dangerous. Deep water can quick, turning is more difficult, and vehicle does get moving, poor braking distances are longer. sweep your vehicle downstream steering and difficult braking can and you and your passengers It is best to use a low gear when in cause it to slide out of control. could drown. If it is only shallow mud — the deeper the mud, the water, it can still wash away the lower the gear. In really deep mud, { WARNING ground from under your tires, and keep the vehicle moving so it does you could lose traction and roll not get stuck. Driving on frozen lakes, ponds, the vehicle over. Do not drive or rivers can be dangerous. When driving on sand, wheel through rushing water. traction changes. On loosely packed Underwater springs, currents sand, such as on beaches or sand under the ice, or sudden thaws dunes, the tires will tend to sink can weaken the ice. Your vehicle Heavy rain can mean flash flooding, into the sand. This affects steering, could fall through the ice and and flood waters demand extreme accelerating, and braking. Drive at you and your passengers could caution. a reduced speed and avoid sharp drown. Drive your vehicle on safe Find out how deep the water is turns or abrupt maneuvers. surfaces only. before driving through it. Do not try it if it is deep enough to cover the wheel hubs, axles, or exhaust pipe — you probably will not get through. Deep water can damage the axle and other vehicle parts. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

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If the water is not too deep, drive The vehicle requires more frequent slowly through it. At faster speeds, service due to off-road use. Refer WARNING (Continued) water splashes on the ignition to the Maintenance Schedule for system and the vehicle can stall. additional information. After driving through a large Stalling can also occur if you get the puddle of water or a car/vehicle tailpipe under water. If the tailpipe is Driving on Wet Roads wash, lightly apply the brake under water, you will never be able pedal until the brakes work to start the engine. When going Rain and wet roads can reduce normally. through water, remember that when vehicle traction and affect your ability to stop and accelerate. Flowing or rushing water creates the brakes get wet, it might take strong forces. Driving through longer to stop. See Driving on Wet Always drive slower in these types of driving conditions and avoid flowing water could cause your Roads on page 9‑17. driving through large puddles and vehicle to be carried away. If this After Off-Road Driving deep‐standing or flowing water. happens, you and other vehicle occupants could drown. Do not Remove any brush or debris that ignore police warnings and be has collected on the underbody, { WARNING very cautious about trying to drive chassis, or under the hood. These accumulations can be a fire hazard. Wet brakes can cause crashes. through flowing water. They might not work as well in After operation in mud or sand, a quick stop and could cause Hydroplaning have the brake linings cleaned and pulling to one side. You could checked. These substances can lose control of the vehicle. Hydroplaning is dangerous. Water cause glazing and uneven braking. can build up under the vehicle's (Continued) Check the body structure, steering, tires so they actually ride on the suspension, wheels, tires, and water. This can happen if the road exhaust system for damage and is wet enough and you are going check the fuel lines and cooling fast enough. When the vehicle is system for any leakage. hydroplaning, it has little or no contact with the road. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

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There is no hard and fast rule about Other driving tips include: hydroplaning. The best advice is to { WARNING . Keep the vehicle well ventilated. slow down when the road is wet. . Keep interior temperature cool. If you do not shift down, the Other Rainy Weather Tips brakes could get so hot that they . Keep your eyes moving — scan would not work well. You would Besides slowing down, other wet the road ahead and to the sides. weather driving tips include: then have poor braking or even . Check the rearview mirror and none going down a hill. You could . Allow extra following distance. vehicle instruments often. crash. Shift down to let the engine . Pass with caution. assist the brakes on a steep Hill and Mountain Roads downhill slope. . Keep windshield wiping equipment in good shape. Driving on steep hills or through mountains is different than driving . Keep the windshield washer fluid reservoir filled. on flat or rolling terrain. Tips for { WARNING driving in these conditions include: . Have good tires with proper . Keep the vehicle serviced and in Coasting downhill in N (Neutral) tread depth. See Tires on good shape. or with the ignition off is page 10‑50. dangerous. The brakes will have . Check all fluid levels and brakes, . Turn off cruise control. to do all the work of slowing down tires, cooling system, and transmission. and they could get so hot that Highway Hypnosis they would not work well. You . Shift to a lower gear when going would then have poor braking or Always be alert and pay attention down steep or long hills. to your surroundings while driving. even none going down a hill. You If you become tired or sleepy, find could crash. Always have the a safe place to park the vehicle engine running and the vehicle in and rest. gear when going downhill. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

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. Stay in your own lane. Do not Winter Driving Try not to break the fragile traction. swing wide or cut across the If you accelerate too fast, the drive center of the road. Drive at Driving on Snow or Ice wheels will spin and polish the speeds that let you stay in your surface under the tires even more. own lane. Drive carefully when there is snow or ice between the tires and the The Antilock Brake System (ABS) . Top of hills: Be road, creating less traction or grip. on page 9‑46 improves vehicle alert — something could Wet ice can occur at about 0°C stability during hard stops on be in your lane (stalled car, (32°F) when freezing rain begins to slippery roads, but apply the brakes accident). fall, resulting in even less traction. sooner than when on dry pavement. . Pay attention to special road Avoid driving on wet ice or in Allow greater following distance on freezing rain until roads can be signs (falling rocks area, winding any slippery road and watch for treated with salt or sand. roads, long grades, passing or slippery spots. Icy patches can no-passing zones) and take Drive with caution, whatever the occur on otherwise clear roads in appropriate action. condition. Accelerate gently so shaded areas. The surface of a traction is not lost. Accelerating too curve or an overpass can remain quickly causes the wheels to spin icy when the surrounding roads and makes the surface under the are clear. Avoid sudden steering tires slick, so there is even less maneuvers and braking while traction. on ice. Turn off cruise control on slippery surfaces. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

9-20 Driving and Operating

Blizzard Conditions WARNING (Continued) WARNING (Continued) Being stuck in snow can be a serious situation. Stay with the If the vehicle is stuck in the snow: For more information about vehicle unless there is help nearby. . Clear away snow from around carbon monoxide, see Engine If possible, use the Roadside the base of your vehicle, Exhaust on page 9‑36. Assistance Program (U.S. and especially any that is blocking Canada) on page 13 8 or Roadside Snow can trap exhaust gases ‑ the exhaust pipe. Assistance Program (Mexico) on under your vehicle. This can page 13‑10. To get help and keep . Check again from time to cause deadly CO (Carbon everyone in the vehicle safe: time to be sure snow does Monoxide) gas to get inside. not collect there. CO could overcome you and kill . Turn on the hazard warning you. You cannot see it or smell it, flashers. . Open a window about 5 cm (2 in) on the side of the so you might not know it is in your . Tie a red cloth to an outside vehicle that is away from the vehicle. Clear away snow from mirror. wind to bring in fresh air. around the base of your vehicle, especially any that is blocking the { WARNING . Fully open the air outlets on exhaust. or under the instrument Snow can trap engine exhaust panel. Run the engine for short periods under the vehicle. This may . Adjust the climate control cause exhaust gases to get only as needed to keep warm, but system to a setting that be careful. inside. Engine exhaust contains circulates the air inside the Carbon Monoxide (CO) which vehicle and set the fan speed cannot be seen or smelled. It can to the highest setting. See cause unconsciousness and even Climate Control System in the death. Index. (Continued) (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (21,1)

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To save fuel, run the engine for only If stuck too severely for the traction between R (Reverse) and a forward short periods as needed to warm system to free the vehicle, turn the gear, or with a manual transmission, the vehicle and then shut the engine traction system off and use the between 1 (First) or 2 (Second) and off and close the window most of rocking method. R (Reverse), spinning the wheels the way to save heat. Repeat this as little as possible. To prevent until help arrives but only when you { WARNING transmission wear, wait until the feel really uncomfortable from the wheels stop spinning before shifting cold. Moving about to keep warm If the vehicle's tires spin at high gears. Release the accelerator also helps. speed, they can explode, and you pedal while shifting, and press If it takes some time for help to or others could be injured. The lightly on the accelerator pedal arrive, now and then when you run vehicle can overheat, causing an when the transmission is in gear. the engine, push the accelerator engine compartment fire or other Slowly spinning the wheels in the pedal slightly so the engine runs damage. Spin the wheels as little forward and reverse directions faster than the idle speed. This as possible and avoid going causes a rocking motion that could keeps the battery charged to restart above 55 km/h (35 mph). free the vehicle. If that does not get the vehicle and to signal for help the vehicle out after a few tries, with the headlamps. Do this as little it might need to be towed out. For information about using tire as possible to save fuel. Recovery hooks can be used, if the chains on the vehicle, see Tire vehicle has them. If the vehicle does Chains on page 10‑71. need to be towed out, see Towing If the Vehicle is Stuck the Vehicle on page 10 93. Rocking the Vehicle to get ‑ Slowly and cautiously spin the wheels to free the vehicle when It Out stuck in sand, mud, ice, or snow. Turn the steering wheel left and See “Rocking Your vehicle to get It right to clear the area around the Out” later in this section. front wheels. For four-wheel drive vehicles, shift into 4HI. Turn off any traction system. Shift back and forth GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (22,1)

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Recovery Hooks Vehicle Load Limits It is very important to know how { WARNING much weight your vehicle can These hooks, when used, are carry. This weight is called the under a lot of force. Always pull vehicle capacity weight and the vehicle straight out. Never includes the weight of all pull on the hooks at a sideways occupants, cargo, and all angle. The hooks could break nonfactory-installed options. off and you or others could be Two labels on your vehicle injured from the chain or cable show how much weight it may snapping back. properly carry, the Tire and Notice: Never use recovery Loading Information label and hooks to tow the vehicle. Your vehicle could be damaged and the Certification/Tire label. it would not be covered by warranty. For vehicles with recovery hooks at the front of the vehicle, you can use them if you are stuck off-road and need to be pulled to some place where you can continue driving. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (23,1)

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Tire and Loading Information above the door latch post. The { WARNING Label Tire and Loading Information Do not load the vehicle any label shows the number of heavier than the Gross occupant seating positions (A), Vehicle Weight Rating and the maximum vehicle (GVWR), or either the capacity weight (B) in kilograms maximum front or rear Gross and pounds. Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). The Tire and Loading If you do, parts on the vehicle Information label also shows the can break, and it can change size of the original equipment the way the vehicle handles. tires (C) and the recommended These could cause you to cold tire inflation pressures (D). lose control and crash. Also, For more information on tires overloading can shorten the Label Example and inflation see Tires on life of the vehicle. A vehicle specific Tire and page 10‑50 and Tire Pressure Loading Information label is on page 10‑56. attached to the vehicle's center There is also important pillar (B‐pillar). With the driver information on the Certification/ door open, you will find the label Tire label. It tells you the Gross attached below the door latch Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) post. Vehicle's without a center and the Gross Axle Weight pillar, like extended cab models, Rating (GAWR) for the front and will have the Tire and Loading rear axles. See “Certification/ Information label attached to the Tire Label” later in this section. driver side extended cab door, GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (24,1)

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Steps for Determining Correct available cargo and luggage Load Limit load capacity is 650 lbs 1. Locate the statement (1400 − 750 (5 x 150) = “The combined weight of 650 lbs). occupants and cargo should 5. Determine the combined never exceed XXX kg or weight of luggage and cargo XXX lbs” on your vehicle's being loaded on the vehicle. placard. That weight may not safely 2. Determine the combined exceed the available cargo weight of the driver and and luggage load capacity passengers that will be riding calculated in Step 4. Example 1 in your vehicle. 6. If your vehicle will be towing a trailer, the load from your A. Vehicle Capacity Weight for 3. Subtract the combined Example 1 = 453 kg (1,000 lbs) weight of the driver and trailer will be transferred to passengers from XXX kg or your vehicle. Consult this B. Subtract Occupant Weight @ XXX lbs. manual to determine how this 68 kg (150 lbs) × 2 = 136 kg reduces the available cargo (300 lbs) 4. The resulting figure equals and luggage load capacity of C. Available Occupant and Cargo the available amount of your vehicle. Weight = 317 kg (700 lbs) cargo and luggage load capacity. For example, if See Trailer Towing on the “XXX” amount equals page 9‑64 for important 1400 lbs and there will be information on towing a five 150 lb passengers in trailer, towing safety, and your vehicle, the amount of trailering tips. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (25,1)

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Refer to your vehicle's Tire and Loading Information label for specific information about your vehicle's capacity weight and seating positions. The combined weight of the driver, passengers, cargo, and any accessories or equipment added to your vehicle after it left the factory should never exceed your vehicle's capacity weight. Example 2 Example 3 A. Vehicle Capacity Weight for A. Vehicle Capacity Weight for Example 2 = 453 kg (1,000 lbs) Example 3 = 453 kg (1,000 lbs) B. Subtract Occupant Weight @ B. Subtract Occupant Weight @ 68 kg (150 lbs) × 5 = 340 kg 91 kg (200 lbs) × 5 = 453 kg (750 lbs) (1,000 lbs) C. Available Cargo Weight = C. Available Cargo Weight = 113 kg (250 lbs) 0 kg (0 lbs) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (26,1)

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Certification/Tire Label Weight Rating (GVWR). The Similar appearing vehicles may GVWR includes the weight of have different GVWRs and the vehicle, all occupants, fuel, capacity weights. Please note cargo, and trailer tongue weight, your vehicle's Certification/Tire if pulling a trailer. label or consult your dealer for The Certification/Tire label additional details. also tells you the maximum weights for the front and rear { WARNING axles, called Gross Axle Weight Do not load the vehicle any Rating (GAWR). To find out the heavier than the Gross actual loads on your front and Vehicle Weight Rating rear axles, you need to go to a (GVWR), or either the Label Example weigh station and weigh your maximum front or rear Gross vehicle. Your dealer can help A vehicle specific Certification/ Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). you with this. Be sure to spread Tire label is attached to the If you do, parts on the vehicle out your load equally on both bottom section of the driver side can break, and it can change sides of the centerline. center pillar (B-pillar) or on the the way the vehicle handles. end of the driver side instrument Never exceed the GVWR for These could cause you to panel. Vehicles without a center your vehicle, or the GAWR for lose control and crash. Also, pillar, like extended cab models, either the front or rear axle. overloading can shorten the will have the Certification/Tire If the load is heavy, it should be life of the vehicle. label attached to the edge of the spread out. driver side, extended cab door, below the door latch post. The label shows the Gross Vehicle GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (27,1)

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Using heavier suspension There is also important loading components to get added { WARNING information for off-road driving in durability might not change Things you put inside your this manual. See “Loading Your your weight ratings. Ask your vehicle can strike and injure Vehicle for Off-Road Driving” under dealer to help you load your people in a sudden stop or Off-Road Driving on page 9‑7. vehicle the right way. turn, or in a crash. Remember not to exceed Notice: Overloading the . Put things in the cargo the Gross Axle Weight vehicle may cause damage. area of your vehicle. Try to rating (GAWR) of the front or Repairs would not be covered spread the weight evenly. rear axle. by the vehicle warranty. Do . Two-Tiered Loading not overload the vehicle. Never stack heavier things, like suitcases, For vehicles with a six foot bed, If you put things inside your inside the vehicle so that an upper load platform can be vehicle like suitcases, — some of them are above created by positioning four 5 cm tools, packages, or anything the tops of the seats. (2 inches) by 15 cm (6 inches) else they will go as fast as the — wooden planks across the width vehicle goes. If you have to stop . Do not leave an of the pickup box. The planks or turn quickly, or if there is a unsecured child restraint must be inserted in the pickup crash, they will keep going. in your vehicle. box depressions. . When you carry something inside the vehicle, secure When using this upper load it whenever you can. platform, be sure the load is securely tied down to prevent it . Do not leave a seat folded from shifting. The load's center down unless you need to. of gravity should be positioned in a zone over the rear axle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (28,1)

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Any load that extends beyond Remember not to exceed Starting and the vehicle's taillamp area must the Gross Axle Weight be properly marked according to Rating (GAWR) of the rear axle. Operating local laws and regulations. A reinforcement kit for mounting New Vehicle Break-In Remember not to exceed a toolbox is recommended. See the Gross Axle Weight your dealer. Notice: The vehicle does not Rating (GAWR) of the rear axle. need an elaborate break-in. But it Truck-Camper Loading will perform better in the long run Add-On Equipment if you follow these guidelines: Information When you carry removable . Keep your speed at 88 km/h items, you may need to put a The vehicle was neither (55 mph) or less for the limit on how many people you designed nor intended to first 805 km (500 miles). carry inside your vehicle. Be carry a slide-in type camper. . Do not drive at any sure to weigh your vehicle Notice: Adding a slide-in one constant speed, fast before you buy and install the camper or similar equipment or slow, for the first 805 km new equipment. to the vehicle can damage it, (500 miles). Do not make full-throttle starts. Avoid Notice: Overloading the and the repairs would not downshifting to brake or vehicle may cause damage. be covered by the vehicle slow the vehicle. Repairs would not be covered warranty. Do not install a by the vehicle warranty. Do slide-in camper or similar not overload the vehicle. equipment on the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (29,1)

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. Avoid making hard stops for Ignition Positions A (STOPPING THE ENGINE/ the first 322 km (200 miles) LOCK/OFF): When the vehicle is or so. During this time the stopped, turn the ignition switch to new brake linings are not LOCK/OFF to turn the engine off. yet broken in. Hard stops Retained Accessory Power (RAP) with new linings can mean will remain active. See Retained premature wear and earlier Accessory Power (RAP) on replacement. Follow this page 9‑33 breaking-in guideline every time you get new brake This position locks the ignition. linings. It also locks the transmission on automatic transmission vehicles. . Do not tow a trailer during It locks the steering wheel on break-in. See Trailer Towing manual transmission vehicles. on page 9‑64 for the trailer The key can only be removed in towing capabilities of LOCK/OFF. the vehicle and more The ignition switch has four different information. positions. Do not turn the engine off when the vehicle is moving. This will cause a To shift out of P (Park), turn the Following break‐in, engine speed loss of power assist in the brake ignition to ON/RUN and apply the and load can be gradually and steering systems and disable regular brake pedal. increased. the airbags. Notice: Using a tool to force the In an emergency: key to turn in the ignition could cause damage to the switch or 1. Brake using a firm and steady break the key. Use the correct pressure. Do not pump the key, make sure it is all the way in, brakes repeatedly. This may and turn it only with your hand. deplete power assist, requiring If the key cannot be turned by increased brake pedal force. hand, see your dealer. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (30,1)

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2. Shift the vehicle to neutral. This B (ACC/ACCESSORY): This is the D (START): This is the position that can be done while the vehicle is position in which you can operate starts the engine. When the engine moving. After shifting to neutral, the electrical accessories or items starts, release the key. The ignition firmly apply the brakes and steer plugged into the accessory power switch returns to ON/RUN for the vehicle to a safe location. outlets. On automatic transmission driving. 3. Come to a complete stop. Shift vehicles, this position unlocks the A warning tone will sound when the to P (Park) with an automatic ignition. On manual transmission driver door is opened, the ignition is transmission, or neutral with a vehicles, it unlocks the ignition and in ACC/ACCESSORY or LOCK/OFF manual transmission. Turn the steering wheel . Use this position and the key is in the ignition. ignition to LOCK/OFF. if the vehicle must be pushed or towed. 4. Set the parking brake. See Starting the Engine C (ON/RUN): This position can Parking Brake on page 9‑47 be used to operate the electrical Place the transmission in the On vehicles with an automatic accessories and to display some proper gear. transmission, the shift lever must be instrument panel cluster warning Automatic Transmission in P (Park) to turn the ignition switch and indicator lights. The switch to LOCK/OFF. stays in this position when the Move the shift lever to P (Park) or N (Neutral). The engine will not start The steering can bind with the engine is running. The transmission in any other position. To restart the wheels turned off center. If this is also unlocked in this position on vehicle when it is already moving, happens, move the steering wheel automatic transmission vehicles. use N (Neutral) only. from right to left while turning the If you leave the key in the ACC/ key to ACC/ACCESSORY. If this ACCESSORY or ON/RUN position Notice: Do not try to shift to doesn't work, then the vehicle needs with the engine off, the battery could P (Park) if the vehicle is moving. service. be drained. You may not be able to If you do, you could damage the start your vehicle if the battery is transmission. Shift to P (Park) allowed to drain for an extended only when the vehicle is stopped. period of time. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (31,1)

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Manual Transmission The vehicle has a Notice: Cranking the engine for Computer-Controlled Cranking long periods of time, by returning The shift lever should be in System. This feature assists the key to the START position N (Neutral) and the parking brake in starting the engine and immediately after cranking has engaged. Hold the clutch pedal protects components. If the ended, can overheat and damage down to the floor and start the ignition key is turned to the the cranking motor, and drain the engine. The vehicle will not start START position, and then battery. Wait at least 15 seconds if the clutch pedal is not all the released when the engine between each try, to let the way down. begins cranking, the engine cranking motor cool down. Starting Procedure will continue cranking for a 2. If the engine does not start few seconds or until the vehicle 1. With your foot off the accelerator after 5‐10 seconds, especially starts. If the engine does not in very cold weather (below 0°F pedal, turn the ignition key to start and the key is held in START. When the engine starts, or −18°C), it could be flooded START for many seconds, with too much gasoline. Push let go of the key. The idle speed cranking will be stopped after will go down as the engine the accelerator pedal all the way 15 seconds to prevent cranking to the floor and holding it there warms. Do not race the engine motor damage. To prevent immediately after starting it. as you hold the key in START gear damage, this system also for a maximum of 15 seconds. Operate the engine and prevents cranking if the engine transmission gently to allow the Wait at least 15 seconds is already running. Engine between each try, to allow oil to warm up and lubricate all cranking can be stopped by moving parts. the cranking motor to cool. turning the ignition switch When the engine starts, let to ACC/ACCESSORY or go of the key and accelerator. LOCK/OFF. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (32,1)

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If the vehicle starts briefly but Engine Heater then stops again, repeat the { WARNING procedure. This clears the extra The engine coolant heater can gasoline from the engine. Do not provide easier starting and better Plugging the cord into an race the engine immediately fuel economy during engine ungrounded outlet could cause an after starting it. Operate the warm-up in cold weather conditions electrical shock. Also, the wrong engine and transmission gently at or below −18°C (0°F ). Vehicles kind of extension cord could until the oil warms up and with an engine coolant heater overheat and cause a fire. You lubricates all moving parts. should be plugged in at least could be seriously injured. Plug four hours before starting. the cord into a properly grounded Notice: The engine is designed An internal thermostat in the three-prong 110-volt AC outlet. to work with the electronics in plug-end of the cord may exist If the cord will not reach, use a the vehicle. If you add electrical which will prevent engine coolant parts or accessories, you could heavy-duty three-prong extension heater operation at temperatures cord rated for at least 15 amps. change the way the engine above −18°C (0°F). operates. Before adding electrical equipment, check with your To Use the Engine Heater 4. Before starting the engine, be dealer. If you do not, the engine 1. Turn off the engine. sure to unplug and store the might not perform properly. Any cord to prevent damage. resulting damage would not be 2. Open the hood and unwrap covered by the vehicle warranty. the electrical cord. The cord The length of time the heater should is located in the engine remain plugged in depends on compartment behind the several factors. Ask a dealer in the underhood fuse block on the area where you will be parking the driver side of the vehicle. vehicle for the best advice on this. 3. Plug it into a normal, grounded 110-volt AC outlet. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (33,1)

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Retained Accessory Shifting Into Park { WARNING Power (RAP) (Automatic Transmission) These vehicle accessories can be If you have four-wheel drive, the used for up to 20 minutes after the { WARNING vehicle will be free to roll — even engine is turned off: if the shift lever is in P (Park) — if It can be dangerous to get out of the transfer case is in Neutral. . Audio System the vehicle if the shift lever is not So, be sure the transfer case . Wipers fully in P (Park) with the parking is in a drive gear, two-wheel brake firmly set. The vehicle can high (2H) or four-wheel high (4H) . Power Windows roll. If you have left the engine or four-wheel low (4L) — not in These features work when the running, the vehicle can move Neutral. key is in ON/RUN or ACC/ suddenly. You or others could be ACCESSORY. Once the key is injured. To be sure the vehicle will turned from ON/RUN to LOCK/OFF, 2. Move the shift lever into P (Park) not move, even when you are on by pulling the lever toward you power to these features continue to fairly level ground, use the steps work for up to 20 minutes or until a and moving it up as far as it that follow. If you are pulling a door is opened. will go. trailer, see Driving Characteristics 3. Turn the ignition key to and Towing Tips on page 9‑59. LOCK/OFF. 4. Remove the key and take it with 1. Hold the brake pedal down you. If you can leave the vehicle with your right foot and set the with the key, the vehicle is in parking brake. P (Park). See Parking Brake on page 9‑47 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (34,1)

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Leaving the Vehicle With the Then, see if you can move the shift If torque lock does occur, you may Engine Running (Automatic lever away from P (Park) without need to have another vehicle push Transmission) first pulling it toward you. If you can, yours a little uphill to take some of the shift lever was not fully locked the pressure from the parking pawl into P (Park). in the transmission, so you can pull { WARNING the shift lever out of P (Park). Torque Lock (Automatic It can be dangerous to leave the Transmission) vehicle with the engine running. Shifting Out of Park The vehicle could move suddenly If you are parking on a hill and (Automatic Transmission) you do not shift the transmission if the shift lever is not fully in The vehicle has an automatic P (Park) with the parking brake into P (Park) properly, the weight of the vehicle may put too much transmission shift lock control firmly set. And, if you leave the force on the parking pawl in the system. You have to fully apply the vehicle with the engine running, it transmission. You may find it difficult brake pedal before you can shift could overheat and even catch to pull the shift lever out of P (Park). from P (Park) when the ignition fire. You or others could be This is called torque lock. To is ON/RUN. See Automatic injured. Do not leave the vehicle prevent torque lock, set the parking Transmission on page 9‑37. with the engine running. brake and then shift into P (Park) The shift lock control system is properly before you leave the driver designed to do the following: If you have to leave the vehicle with seat. To find out how, see “Shifting . Prevent the ignition key from the engine running, be sure the Into Park (Automatic Transmission)” in this section. being removed unless the shift vehicle is in P (Park) and the lever is in P (Park). parking brake is firmly set before When you are ready to drive, move . you leave it. After you have moved the shift lever out of P (Park) before Prevent movement of the shift the shift lever into P (Park), hold you release the parking brake. lever out of P (Park), unless the the regular brake pedal down. ignition is in ON/RUN and the brake pedal is applied. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (35,1)

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The shift lock control system is If you are still having a problem Parking Over Things always functional except in the case shifting, then have the vehicle of a dead battery or low voltage serviced. That Burn (less than 9 V) battery. { WARNING If the vehicle has an uncharged Parking (Manual battery or a battery with low voltage, Transmission) Things that can burn could touch try charging or jump starting the If the vehicle has a manual hot exhaust parts under the battery. See Jump Starting on transmission, before you get out vehicle and ignite. Do not park page 10 90 for more information. ‑ of the vehicle, move the shift lever over papers, leaves, dry grass, To shift out of P (Park) use the into R (Reverse), and firmly apply or other things that can burn. following: the parking brake. Once the 1. Apply the brake pedal. shift lever has been placed into R (Reverse) with the clutch pedal 2. Move the shift lever to the pressed in, turn the ignition key to desired position. LOCK/OFF, remove the key and If you still are unable to shift out of release the clutch. P (Park): If you are parking on a hill, or if 1. Ease the pressure on the shift the vehicle is pulling a trailer, see lever. Driving Characteristics and Towing Tips on page 9‑59. 2. While holding down the brake pedal, push the shift lever all the way into P (Park). 3. Move the shift lever to the desired position. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (36,1)

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Running the Vehicle Engine Exhaust WARNING (Continued) While Parked . There are holes or openings { WARNING It is better not to park with the in the vehicle body from engine running. But if you ever have damage or after-market Engine exhaust contains Carbon to, here are some things to know. Monoxide (CO) which cannot be modifications that are not seen or smelled. Exposure to CO completely sealed. { WARNING can cause unconsciousness and If unusual fumes are detected or even death. if it is suspected that exhaust is Idling a vehicle in an enclosed Exhaust may enter the vehicle if: coming into the vehicle: area with poor ventilation is dangerous. Engine exhaust may . The vehicle idles in areas . Drive it only with the windows with poor ventilation (parking completely down. enter the vehicle. Engine exhaust contains Carbon Monoxide (CO) garages, tunnels, deep snow . Have the vehicle repaired which cannot be seen or smelled. that may block underbody immediately. airflow or tail pipes). It can cause unconsciousness Never park the vehicle with the and even death. Never run the . The exhaust smells or engine running in an enclosed engine in an enclosed area that sounds strange or different. area such as a garage or a has no fresh air ventilation. For . The exhaust system leaks building that has no fresh air more information, see Engine due to corrosion or damage. ventilation. Exhaust on page 9‑36. . The vehicle’s exhaust system has been modified, damaged or improperly repaired. (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (37,1)

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{ WARNING { WARNING Automatic Transmission It can be dangerous to get out Four-wheel drive vehicles with the of the vehicle if the automatic transfer case in N (Neutral) will transmission shift lever is not fully allow the vehicle to roll, even if in P (Park) with the parking brake the automatic transmission shift firmly set. The vehicle can roll. Do lever is in P (Park). So, be sure not leave the vehicle when the the transfer case is in a drive engine is running unless you gear — not in N (Neutral). Always have to. If you have left the set the parking brake. engine running, the vehicle can The vehicle has a shift lever on the steering column. move suddenly. You or others Follow the proper steps to be sure could be injured. To be sure the the vehicle will not move. See It features an electronic shift vehicle will not move, even when Shifting Into Park (Automatic position indicator within the it is on fairly level ground, always Transmission) on page 9‑33. instrument cluster. This display set the parking brake and move is powered anytime the shift the automatic transmission shift If pulling a trailer, see Driving lever is capable of being moved Characteristics and Towing Tips on lever to P (Park), or the manual out of P (Park). This means that page 9 59. transmission shift lever to Neutral. ‑ if the ignition is turned off, but not in LOCK/OFF, there will be a small current drain on the battery which could discharge the battery over a period of time. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (38,1)

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If you need to leave the key in the gear. See Shifting Out of Park ignition but not in LOCK/OFF for an WARNING (Continued) (Automatic Transmission) on extended period, it is recommended page 9‑34. that you disconnect the battery could be injured. To be sure the vehicle will not move, even when R (Reverse): Use this gear to cable from the battery to prevent back up. discharging the battery. you are on fairly level ground, always set the parking brake and Notice: Shifting to R (Reverse) There are several different positions move the shift lever to P (Park). while the vehicle is moving for the shift lever. See Shifting Into Park (Automatic forward could damage the P (Park): This position locks the Transmission) on page 9‑33. transmission. The repairs would rear wheels. It is the best position If you are pulling a trailer, see not be covered by the vehicle to use when you start the engine Driving Characteristics and warranty. Shift to R (Reverse) only because the vehicle cannot move Towing Tips on page 9‑59. after the vehicle is stopped. easily. To rock your vehicle back and forth Make sure the shift lever is fully in to get out of snow, ice, or sand { WARNING P (Park) before starting the engine. without damaging the transmission, The vehicle has an automatic see If the Vehicle is Stuck on It is dangerous to get out of the page 9‑21. vehicle if the shift lever is not fully transmission shift lock control system. You must fully apply the in P (Park) with the parking brake N (Neutral): In this position, the brake pedal before you can shift firmly set. The vehicle can roll. engine does not connect with the from P (Park) when the ignition key wheels. To restart the engine when Do not leave the vehicle when is in ON/RUN. If you cannot shift out the vehicle is are already moving, the engine is running unless of P (Park), ease pressure on the use N (Neutral) only. you have to. If you have left the shift lever by pushing the shift lever engine running, the vehicle can all the way into P (Park) as you move suddenly. You or others maintain brake application. Then move the shift lever into another (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (39,1)

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D (Drive): This position is for 3 (Third): This position is also { WARNING normal driving. It provides the best used for normal driving. However, it fuel economy. If you need more reduces vehicle speed more than Shifting into a drive gear while the power for passing, and you are: D (Drive) without using the brakes. engine is running at high speed is You might choose 3 (Third) instead . Going less than about 55 km/h dangerous. Unless your foot is of D (Drive) when driving on hilly, firmly on the brake pedal, the (35 mph), push the accelerator pedal about halfway down. winding roads, or when towing a vehicle could move very rapidly. trailer, so there is less shifting You could lose control and hit . Going about 55 km/h (35 mph) or between gears and when going people or objects. Do not shift more, push the accelerator all down a steep hill. into a drive gear while the engine the way down. 2 (Second): This position reduces is running at high speed. The transmission will shift down vehicle speed even more than to the next gear and the vehicle 3 (Third) without using the brakes. Notice: Shifting out of P (Park) will have more power. You can use 2 (Second) to help or N (Neutral) with the engine Downshifting the transmission in control vehicle speed on steep running at high speed may slippery road conditions could result mountain roads, but then you would damage the transmission. The in skidding, see “Skidding” under also want to use the brakes off repairs would not be covered by Loss of Control on page 9‑6. and on. the vehicle warranty. Be sure the engine is not running at high speed when shifting the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (40,1)

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1 (First): This position reduces Manual Transmission You can shift into 1 (First) when vehicle speed even more you are going less than 30 km/h than 2 (Second) without using (20 mph). If you have come to a the brakes. You can use it on very complete stop and it is hard to shift steep hills, or in deep snow or mud. into 1 (First), put the shift lever in If the shift lever is put in 1 (First) Neutral and let up on the clutch. while the vehicle is moving forward, Then press the clutch pedal back the transmission will not shift into down and shift into 1 (First). first gear until the vehicle is going 2 (Second): Press the clutch pedal slowly enough. as you let up on the accelerator Notice: Spinning the tires pedal and shift into 2 (Second). or holding the vehicle in Then, slowly let up on the clutch one place on a hill using only pedal as you press the accelerator the accelerator pedal may pedal. damage the transmission. This is your shift pattern. 3 (Third), 4 (Fourth) and 5 (Fifth): The repair will not be covered by Shift into 3 (Third), 4 (Fourth) the vehicle warranty. If you are Here is how to operate the manual and 5 (Fifth) the same way you stuck, do not spin the tires. When transmission: do for 2 (Second). Slowly let up on stopping on a hill, use the brakes the clutch pedal as you press the to hold the vehicle in place. 1 (First): Press the clutch pedal and shift into 1 (First). Then, accelerator pedal. slowly let up on the clutch pedal To stop, let up on the accelerator as you slowly press down on the pedal and press the brake pedal. accelerator pedal. Just before the vehicle stops, press the clutch pedal and the brake pedal, and shift to Neutral. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (41,1)

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Neutral: Use this position when Up-Shift Light If the vehicle has four-wheel drive you start or idle the engine. and has a manual transmission, R (Reverse): To back up, press the disregard the shift light when the clutch pedal. After the vehicle stops, transfer case is in four-wheel low. shift into R (Reverse). Slowly let up Shift Speeds on the clutch pedal as you press the accelerator pedal. If it is hard { WARNING to shift, let the shift lever return to Neutral and release the clutch This light will show you when to shift If you skip a gear when you pedal. Then press the clutch again to the next higher gear for best fuel downshift, you could lose control and shift into R (Reverse). Do not economy. of the vehicle. You could injure attempt to shift into 5 (Fifth) prior When this light comes on, you yourself or others. Do not shift to shifting into R (Reverse). The can shift to the next higher gear if down more than one gear at a transmission has a lock out feature weather, road and traffic conditions which prevents a 5 (Fifth) gear time when you downshift. permit. For the best fuel economy, to R (Reverse) gear shift. accelerate slowly and shift when the Notice: Shifting to R (Reverse) light comes on. while the vehicle is moving While you accelerate, it is normal forward could damage the for the light to go on and off if you transmission. The repairs would quickly change the position of the not be covered by the vehicle accelerator. Ignore the shift light warranty. Shift to R (Reverse) when you downshift. only after the vehicle is stopped. Use R (Reverse), along with the parking brake, for parking the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (42,1)

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Drive Systems Notice: If the vehicle has four-wheel drive and the different size spare tire is installed on the Four-Wheel Drive vehicle, do not drive in four-wheel If the vehicle has four-wheel drive until you can have your flat drive, you can send the engine's tire repaired and/or replaced. You driving power to all four wheels could damage the vehicle, and for extra traction. To get the best the repair costs would not be performance out of four-wheel covered by your warranty. Never drive, you must be familiar with its use four-wheel drive when the operation. Read this section before different size spare tire is using four-wheel drive. You should installed on the vehicle. use two-wheel drive high for most Notice: If the vehicle has The transfer case buttons are normal driving conditions. four-wheel drive and the compact located to the right of the steering Notice: Driving on clean, dry spare tire is installed on the wheel on the instrument panel. pavement in four-wheel drive for vehicle, do not drive in four-wheel an extended period of time can drive until you can have the flat cause premature wear on the tire repaired and/or replaced. You vehicle's powertrain. Do not could damage the vehicle, and drive on clean, dry pavement in the repair costs would not be Four-Wheel Drive for extended covered by your warranty. Never periods of time. use four-wheel drive when the compact spare tire is installed on the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (43,1)

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Recommended Transfer Case Settings { WARNING Transfer Case Settings Driving Conditions Shifting the transfer case to N 2 m 4 m 4 n N (Neutral) can cause the vehicle Normal YES to roll even if the transmission is in P (Park). You or someone else Severe YES could be seriously injured. Be Extreme YES sure to set the parking brake before placing the transfer case in Vehicle in Tow* YES N (Neutral). See Parking Brake on *See Recreational Vehicle Towing on page 10‑94 or Towing the Vehicle on page 9‑47. page 10‑93 for further information. N (Neutral): Shift the vehicle's transfer case to N (Neutral) only Shifting into Four‐Wheel Low Use these buttons to shift into and when towing the vehicle. will turn Traction Control and out of four-wheel drive. You can StabiliTrak® off. See Traction choose from the following: 4m (Four-Wheel High): This setting Control System (TCS) on page 9‑48 engages the front axle to help drive ® 2 (Two-Wheel High): This setting and StabiliTrak System on m the vehicle. Use four-wheel high page 9‑50 for more information. is for driving in most street and when you need extra traction, such highway situations. The front axle is as on snowy or icy roads, or in most not engaged in two-wheel drive. off-road situations. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (44,1)

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4n (Four-Wheel Low): This setting Shifting from Two-Wheel High to Shifting from Two-Wheel High also engages the front axle to give Four-Wheel High or Four-Wheel High to you extra traction. It sends the Press and release the Four-Wheel Four-Wheel Low maximum power to all four wheels. High button. This can be done at To shift from Two-Wheel High or You might choose four-wheel low if any speed, and the front axle will Four-Wheel High to Four-Wheel you were driving off-road in sand, lock automatically. Low, the vehicle must be stopped mud, or deep snow and while or moving less than 5 km/h (3 mph) climbing or descending steep hills. Shifting from Four-Wheel High to with the transmission in N (Neutral) Two-Wheel High Shifting into Four‐Wheel Low for an automatic transmission or the will turn Traction Control and Press and release the Two-Wheel clutch pedal pressed for a manual StabiliTrak® off. See Traction High button. This can be done at transmission. The preferred method Control System (TCS) on page 9‑48 any speed, and the front axle will for shifting into Four-Wheel Low and StabiliTrak® System on unlock automatically. is to have your vehicle moving page 9‑50 for more information. It is normal to hear and feel the 1.6 to 3.2 km/h (1 to 2 mph). Indicator lights in the buttons show vehicle's transfer case shift into Press and release the Four-Wheel you which setting you are in. The Four-Wheel High. If you shift with Low button. You must wait for the indicator lights will come on briefly the vehicle stopped, the indicator Four-Wheel Low indicator light to when you turn on the ignition and light may still flash slowly. It may be stop flashing and stay on before one will stay on the selected setting. necessary to shift the transmission shifting the transmission into gear or If the lights do not come on, you momentarily into R (Reverse) releasing the clutch pedal. should take the vehicle in for and D (Drive), for an automatic If the Four-Wheel Low button is service. An indicator light will flash transmission, or R (Reverse) pressed when the vehicle is in gear while shifting. It will stay on when and 1 (First) for a manual and/or moving faster than 5 km/h the shift is completed. transmission to have the light (3 mph), the Four-Wheel Low stop flashing. If the transfer case does not shift, it indicator light will flash for will return to the last chosen setting. 30 seconds and not complete the shift. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (45,1)

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Shifting from Four-Wheel Low If the Four-Wheel High or 5. Press and hold the Two-Wheel to Two-Wheel High or Two-Wheel High button is High and Four-Wheel Low Four-Wheel High pressed when the vehicle is in buttons at the same time for To shift from Four-Wheel Low to gear and/or moving faster than 10 seconds. The N (Neutral) light Two-Wheel High or Four-Wheel 5 km/h (3 mph), the Four-Wheel will come on when the transfer High, the vehicle must be stopped High or Two-Wheel High indicator case shift to N (Neutral) is or moving less than 5 km/h (3 mph) light will flash for 30 seconds but not complete. with the transmission in N (Neutral) complete the shift. 6. Press and hold the regular brake for an automatic transmission or the Shifting to Neutral pedal and shift the transmission clutch pedal pressed for a manual to R (Reverse) for one second, transmission. The preferred method Use N (Neutral) when you plan to then shift the transmission to for shifting out of Four-Wheel Low tow the vehicle. See Recreational D (Drive) for one second, is to have your vehicle moving Vehicle Towing on page 10‑94 for or 1 (First) for vehicles with 1.6 to 3.2 km/h (1 to 2 mph). towing instructions. To shift the manual transmissions, and let transfer case into N (Neutral) do the out the clutch to insure the Press and release the Four-Wheel following: High or Two-Wheel High button. You transfer case is in N (Neutral). must wait for the Four-Wheel High 1. Set the parking brake. If the transfer case is not or Two-Wheel High indicator light 2. Start the vehicle. in N (Neutral), repeat this procedure starting at Step 3. to stop flashing and stay on before 3. Press the regular brake pedal shifting the transmission into gear or and shift the transmission in 7. Turn the engine off by turning releasing the clutch pedal. N (Neutral), or press in the the key to ACC/ACCESSORY. clutch for vehicles with a 8. Place the transmission shift manual transmission. lever in P (Park), or 1 (First) for 4. Shift the transfer case to vehicles that have a manual Two-Wheel High. transmission. 9. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (46,1)

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Shifting Out of Neutral Brakes If driving safely on a wet road and After towing the vehicle, you will it becomes necessary to slam on have to shift out of N (Neutral) in Antilock Brake the brakes and continue braking order to drive. To shift out of to avoid a sudden obstacle, a N (Neutral), do the following: System (ABS) computer senses that the wheels are slowing down. If one of the This vehicle has the Antilock Brake 1. Set the parking brake and apply wheels is about to stop rolling, the System (ABS), an advanced the regular brake pedal. computer will separately work the electronic braking system that helps brakes at each wheel. 2. Start a vehicle with an automatic prevent a braking skid. transmission in P (Park). ABS can change the brake pressure When the engine is started and the Use 1 (First) for vehicles with a to each wheel, as required, faster vehicle begins to drive away, ABS manual transmission. than any driver could. This can help checks itself. A momentary motor or the driver steer around the obstacle 3. Shift the transmission to clicking noise might be heard while while braking hard. N (Neutral), or press the clutch this test is going on, and it might pedal for vehicles with a manual even be noticed that the brake As the brakes are applied, the transmission. pedal moves a little. This is normal. computer keeps receiving updates 4. Press the button for the desired on wheel speed and controls transfer case shift position braking pressure accordingly. (Two-Wheel High, Four-Wheel High, or Four-Wheel Low). 5. After the transfer case has shifted out of N (Neutral), the indicator light will go out. If there is a problem with ABS, this 6. Release the parking brake. warning light stays on. See Antilock 7. Shift the transmission to the Brake System (ABS) Warning Light desired position. on page 5‑17. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (47,1)

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Remember: ABS does not change Parking Brake The chime will deactivate and the the time needed to get a foot up to light will turn off when the parking the brake pedal or always decrease brake is set and the vehicle is stopping distance. If you get too moving below 5 km/h (3 mph). See close to the vehicle in front of you, Brake System Warning Light on there will not be enough time to page 5‑17. apply the brakes if that vehicle suddenly slows or stops. Always leave enough room up ahead to stop, even with ABS. Using ABS Do not pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down firmly and let ABS work. You might hear the ABS pump or motor operating and feel The parking brake pedal is located the brake pedal pulsate, but this is to the left of the brake pedal, near normal. the driver door. Braking in Emergencies To set the parking brake, hold the brake pedal down, then push the To release the parking brake, ABS allows the driver to steer and parking brake pedal down to its hold the regular brake pedal down. brake at the same time. In many fully-applied position. Pull the bottom edge of the lever, emergencies, steering can help A chime will activate and the located above the parking brake more than even the very best pedal, with the parking brake braking. brake warning light, located on the instrument panel, will flash when the symbol, directly rearward to release parking brake is applied and the the parking brake. vehicle is moving at least 5 km/h (3 mph) for at least three seconds. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (48,1)

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If the ignition is on when the parking Brake Assist Ride Control Systems brake is released, the brake system warning light will go off. This vehicle has a brake assist feature designed to assist the driver Traction Control Notice: Driving with the parking in stopping or decreasing vehicle System (TCS) brake on can overheat the brake speed in emergency driving system and cause premature conditions. This feature uses the The Traction Control System (TCS) wear or damage to brake system stability system hydraulic brake is part of StabiliTrak. TCS limits parts. Make sure that the parking control module to supplement wheel slip which is especially useful brake is fully released and the the power brake system under in slippery road conditions. The brake warning light is off before conditions where the driver has system operates only if it senses driving. quickly and forcefully applied the that any of the wheels are spinning If you are towing a trailer and are brake pedal in an attempt to quickly or beginning to lose traction. When parking on any hill, see Driving stop or slow down the vehicle. The this happens, TCS applies the Characteristics and Towing Tips on stability system hydraulic brake brakes to limit wheel spin and also reduces engine power. The system page 9‑59. control module increases brake pressure at each corner of the may be heard or felt while it is vehicle until the ABS activates. working. This is normal and does Minor brake pedal pulsation or not mean there is a problem with pedal movement during this time the vehicle. is normal and the driver should Notice: If the wheel(s) of one axle continue to apply the brake pedal is allowed to spin excessively as the driving situation dictates. while the StabiliTrak®, ABS, brake The brake assist feature will warning lights, and any relevant automatically disengage when DIC messages are displayed, the the brake pedal is released or transfer case could be damaged. brake pedal pressure is quickly decreased. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (49,1)

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The repairs would not be covered The message TRACTION FAULT by the vehicle warranty. Reduce appears in the Driver Information engine power and do not spin Center (DIC) when a TCS or the wheel(s) excessively while Antilock Brake System (ABS) these lights and messages are problem has been detected and the displayed. vehicle needs service. When this TCS can operate on dry roads message is on, the system will not The StabiliTrak/TCS button is under some conditions. When limit wheel spin. Adjust your driving located on the instrument panel. this happens, the system may be accordingly. See Ride Control System Messages on page 5‑27. To turn off TCS, press and release heard working or a reduction in the StabiliTrak/TCS button. The acceleration may be noticed. This StabiliTrak/TCS light comes on in is normal and does not mean there the instrument panel cluster, and is a problem with the vehicle. TRAC OFF comes on the DIC. Examples of these conditions To turn TCS back on, press and include hard acceleration in a turn, release the StabiliTrak/TCS button. an abrupt upshift or downshift of the transmission or driving on rough Adding non-dealer/non-retailer roads. The StabiliTrak/TCS light will flash accessories can affect the vehicle's on the instrument panel cluster performance. See Accessories and If cruise control is being used when when the TCS system or StabiliTrak Modifications on page 10‑3. TCS begins to limit wheel spin, is both on and activated. the cruise control automatically disengages. The cruise control can be re-engaged when road conditions allow. See Cruise Control on page 9‑52. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (50,1)

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StabiliTrak® System The system should initialize before each ignition cycle. However, the vehicle reaches 32 km/h when the transfer case is placed The vehicle has an electronic (20 mph). In some cases, it may in Four-Wheel-Low mode, stability control system called take approximately two miles of StabiliTrak is automatically StabiliTrak. It is an advanced driving before the system initializes. disabled. See Four-Wheel Drive on computer controlled system that page 10‑31 for more information. assists the driver with directional If cruise control is being used when StabiliTrak activates, the It is recommended to leave the control of the vehicle in difficult system on for normal driving driving conditions. cruise control automatically disengages. The cruise control conditions, but it may be necessary StabiliTrak activates when the can be re-engaged when road to turn the TCS portion of the computer senses a discrepancy conditions allow. See Cruise Control system off if the vehicle is stuck in sand, mud, ice, or snow, and it is between the intended path and the on page 9‑52. direction the vehicle is actually necessary to “rock” the vehicle to traveling. StabiliTrak selectively If there is a problem detected with attempt to free it. If traction control applies braking pressure at any one StabiliTrak, a SERVICE STAB SYS is turned off, only the brake-traction of the vehicle's brakes to assist the message displays on the Driver control portion of traction control driver with keeping the vehicle on Information Center (DIC). See Ride will work. The engine speed the intended path. Control System Messages on management will be disabled. page 5‑27 for more information. In this mode, engine power is When the vehicle is started and When this message is displayed, not reduced automatically and the begins to move, the system the system is not working. Adjust drive wheels can spin more freely. performs several diagnostic checks your driving accordingly. This can cause the brake-traction to insure there are no problems. control to activate constantly. See If The system may be heard or StabiliTrak and Traction Control the Vehicle is Stuck on page 9‑21. felt while it is working. This is (TCS) come on automatically normal and does not mean there whenever the vehicle is started is a problem with the vehicle. and the systems are reset with GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (51,1)

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To turn off TCS, press and release displayed on the DIC. The vehicle the StabiliTrak/TCS button. The will still have brake-traction control StabiliTrak/TCS light comes on in when TCS or StabiliTrak is off, but the instrument panel cluster, and will not be able to use the engine TRAC OFF comes on the DIC. speed management system. The To turn TCS back on, press and StabiliTrak/TCS light flashes when The StabiliTrak/TCS light will flash release the StabiliTrak/TCS button. either system is actively working. on the instrument panel cluster To turn off TCS and StabiliTrak, See Traction Control System (TCS) when the TCS system or StabiliTrak press and hold the StabiliTrak/TCS on page 9‑48 for more information. is both on and activated. button until the TRAC OFF and STAB SYS OFF messages come Limited-Slip Rear Axle on the DIC and the StabiliTrak/TCS Vehicles with a limited-slip rear axle light comes on the instrument can give more traction on snow, panel. To turn TCS and StabiliTrak mud, ice, sand or gravel. It works back on, press and release the like a standard axle most of the StabiliTrak/TCS button. time, but when traction is low, this When the TCS or StabiliTrak system feature allows the drive wheel with The StabiliTrak/TCS button is turned off, the StabiliTrak/TCS the most traction to move the is located on the instrument light and the appropriate TRAC OFF vehicle. panel. or STAB SYS OFF message will be GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (52,1)

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Cruise Control WARNING (Continued) With cruise control, a speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph) or more can Cruise control can be dangerous be maintained without keeping your on slippery roads. On such roads, foot on the accelerator. Cruise fast changes in tire traction can control does not work at speeds cause excessive wheel slip, and These controls are located at the below about 40 km/h (25 mph). you could lose control. Do not use end of the multifunction lever. If the brakes are applied, the cruise cruise control on slippery roads. control shuts off. 9 (Off): Turns the system off. If the vehicle's StabiliTrak® /Traction R (On): Turns the system on. { WARNING Control System (TCS) begins to + (Resume/Accelerate): Use to limit wheel spin while the cruise make the vehicle accelerate or Cruise control can be dangerous control is on, the cruise control resume a previously set speed. where you cannot drive safely at automatically disengages. See a steady speed. So, do not use StabiliTrak® System on page 9‑50 or r T (Set): Press the button the cruise control on winding Traction Control System (TCS) on at the end of the lever to set the roads or in heavy traffic. page 9‑48. When road conditions speed. (Continued) allow you to safely use it again, the cruise control can be turned back on. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (53,1)

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Setting Cruise Control Resuming a Set Speed Increasing Speed While Using If the cruise button is on when not in If the cruise control is set at a Cruise Control use, it could get bumped and go into desired speed and then the brakes If the cruise control system is cruise when not desired. Keep the are applied, the cruise control is already activated, cruise control switch off when cruise disengaged without erasing the set . Use the accelerator pedal is not being used. speed from memory. to get to the higher speed. 1. Move the cruise control Once the vehicle speed reaches Press r T at the end of the lever to R. about 40 km/h (25 mph) or more, lever, then release the button move the cruise control lever briefly 2. Get up to the speed desired. and the accelerator pedal. If the from R to S . The vehicle returns to accelerator pedal is held longer 3. Press r T at the end of the the previous set speed and stays than 60 seconds, cruise control lever and release it. there. will turn off. 4. Take your foot off the accelerator If the lever is held at resume/ . Move the cruise lever pedal. accelerate the vehicle keeps going from R to S . Hold it until the faster until the lever is released or desired speed is reached, and the brake is applied. Do not hold the then release the lever. lever at resume/accelerate, unless you want the vehicle to go faster. . To increase the vehicle speed in small amounts, move the lever briefly to S .

This light on the instrument panel cluster comes on while the cruise control is on. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (54,1)

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Reducing Speed While Using When going downhill, you might Fuel Cruise Control have to brake or shift to a lower Use of the recommended fuel is If the cruise control system is gear to keep the vehicle speed an important part of the proper already activated, down. When the brakes are applied the cruise control is disengaged. maintenance of this vehicle. To help . Press and hold until the keep the engine clean and maintain r T Ending Cruise Control lower speed desired is reached, optimum vehicle performance, we then release it. There are two ways to end cruise recommend the use of gasoline control: advertised as TOP TIER Detergent . To slow down in small amounts, . Gasoline. briefly press r T . To disengage cruise control; step lightly on the brake pedal or Look for the TOP TIER label on the Passing Another Vehicle While lightly tap or press the clutch, for fuel pump to ensure gasoline meets Using Cruise Control manual transmissions. enhanced detergency standards developed by auto companies. A list Use the accelerator pedal to . To turn off the cruise control, of marketers providing TOP TIER increase the vehicle speed. When move the cruise control Detergent Gasoline can be found at you take your foot off the pedal, the lever to 9 . www.toptiergas.com. vehicle will slow down to the previous set cruise control speed. Erasing Speed Memory Using Cruise Control on Hills The cruise control set speed is erased from memory by moving the How well the cruise control cruise control lever to 9 or if the works on hills depends upon the vehicle speed, load, and the ignition is turned off. steepness of the hills. When going up steep hills, you might have to step on the accelerator pedal to maintain the vehicle speed. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (55,1)

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Gasoline Specifications control system performance might be affected. The malfunction (U.S. and Canada Only) indicator lamp could turn on and the At a minimum, gasoline should vehicle might fail a smog‐check test. meet ASTM specification D 4814 See Malfunction Indicator Lamp on in the United States or page 5‑14. If this occurs, return to CAN/CGSB‐3.5 or 3.511 in your authorized dealer for diagnosis. Canada. Some gasolines contain an If it is determined that the condition octane-enhancing additive called is caused by the type of fuel used, methylcyclopentadienyl manganese repairs might not be covered by the tricarbonyl (MMT). We recommend vehicle warranty. against the use of gasolines containing MMT. See Fuel Additives Fuels in Foreign Recommended Fuel on page 9‑56 for additional Countries information. Use regular unleaded gasoline with Never use leaded gasoline or any a posted octane rating of 87 or California Fuel other fuel not recommended in the higher. If the octane rating is less previous text on fuel. Costly repairs than 87, an audible knocking noise, Requirements caused by use of improper fuel commonly referred to as spark If the vehicle is certified to meet would not be covered by the vehicle knock, might be heard when driving. California Emissions Standards, it is warranty. If this occurs, use a gasoline rated designed to operate on fuels that at 87 octane or higher as soon To check the fuel availability, ask meet California specifications. See as possible. If heavy knocking is an auto club, or contact a major oil the underhood emission control heard when using gasoline rated company that does business in the label. If this fuel is not available in at 87 octane or higher, the engine country where you will be driving. states adopting California emissions needs service. standards, the vehicle will operate satisfactorily on fuels meeting federal specifications, but emission GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (56,1)

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Fuel Additives For customers who do not use Notice: This vehicle was not TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline designed for fuel that contains To provide cleaner air, all gasolines regularly, one bottle of GM Fuel methanol. Do not use fuel in the United States are now System Treatment PLUS, added to containing methanol. It can required to contain additives that the fuel tank at every engine oil corrode metal parts in the fuel help prevent engine and fuel system change, can help clean deposits system and also damage plastic deposits from forming, allowing the from fuel injectors and intake and rubber parts. That damage emission control system to work valves. GM Fuel System Treatment would not be covered under the properly. In most cases, nothing PLUS is the only gasoline additive vehicle warranty. should have to be added to the recommended by General Motors. Some gasolines that are fuel. However, some gasolines It is available at your dealer. contain only the minimum amount not reformulated for low of additive required to meet U.S. Gasolines containing oxygenates, emissions can contain an Environmental Protection Agency such as ethers and ethanol, and octane-enhancing additive called regulations. To help keep fuel reformulated gasolines might methylcyclopentadienyl manganese injectors and intake valves clean, be available in your area. We tricarbonyl (MMT); ask the attendant or if the vehicle experiences recommend that you use these where you buy gasoline whether the problems due to dirty injectors or gasolines, if they comply with the fuel contains MMT. We recommend valves, look for gasoline that is specifications described earlier. against the use of such gasolines. advertised as TOP TIER Detergent However, E85 (85% ethanol) and Fuels containing MMT can reduce Gasoline. Look for the TOP TIER other fuels containing more than the life of spark plugs and the label on the fuel pump to ensure 10% ethanol must not be used in performance of the emission control gasoline meets enhanced vehicles that were not designed for system could be affected. The detergency standards developed those fuels. malfunction indicator lamp might by the auto companies. A list of turn on. If this occurs, return to your marketers providing TOP TIER dealer for service. Detergent Gasoline can be found at www.toptiergas.com. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (57,1)

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Filling the Tank { WARNING

{ WARNING Fuel can spray out on you if you open the fuel cap too Fuel vapor burns violently and a quickly. If you spill fuel and then fuel fire can cause bad injuries. something ignites it, you could To help avoid injuries to you and be badly burned. This spray can others, read and follow all the happen if the tank is nearly full, instructions on the fuel pump and is more likely in hot weather. island. Turn off the engine when Open the fuel cap slowly and wait refueling. Do not smoke near fuel for any hiss noise to stop. Then or when refueling the vehicle. unscrew the cap all the way. Do not use cellular phones. Keep The tethered fuel cap is located sparks, flames, and smoking behind a hinged fuel door on the materials away from fuel. Do not driver side of the vehicle. Be careful not to spill fuel. Do not top off or overfill the tank and wait leave the fuel pump unattended To remove the fuel cap, turn it a few seconds after you have when refueling the vehicle. This is slowly counterclockwise. finished pumping before removing against the law in some places. While refueling, hang the tethered the nozzle. Clean fuel from painted Do not re-enter the vehicle while fuel cap from the hook on the surfaces as soon as possible. pumping fuel. Keep children away fuel door. See “Washing the Vehicle” in from the fuel pump; never let Exterior Care. children pump fuel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (58,1)

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When replacing the fuel cap, turn Notice: If a new fuel cap is it clockwise until it clicks. Make needed, be sure to get the right WARNING (Continued) sure the cap is fully installed. The type of cap from your dealer. diagnostic system can determine if The wrong type fuel cap might and the vehicle damaged if this the fuel cap has been left off or not fit properly, might cause the occurs. To help avoid injury to you improperly installed. This would malfunction indicator lamp to and others: allow fuel to evaporate into the light, and could damage the fuel . Dispense fuel only into atmosphere. If the fuel cap is tank and emissions system. See approved containers. not properly installed, the FUEL Malfunction Indicator Lamp on CAP message appears on the page 5‑14. . Do not fill a container while Driver Information Center (DIC) it is inside a vehicle, in a and the check engine light will be Filling a Portable Fuel vehicle's trunk, pickup bed, lit on the instrument panel cluster. Container or on any surface other than See Fuel System Messages on the ground. page 5‑27 and Malfunction Indicator . { WARNING Bring the fill nozzle in contact Lamp on page 5‑14 for more with the inside of the fill information. Never fill a portable fuel container opening before operating the { while it is in the vehicle. Static nozzle. Contact should be WARNING electricity discharge from the maintained until the filling is complete. If a fire starts while you are container can ignite the fuel . refueling, do not remove the vapor. You can be badly burned Do not smoke while pumping fuel. nozzle. Shut off the flow of fuel (Continued) by shutting off the pump or by . Do not use a cellular phone notifying the station attendant. while pumping fuel. Leave the area immediately. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (59,1)

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Towing For information on towing a disabled . Do not tow a trailer at all during vehicle, see Towing the Vehicle on the first 800 km (500 miles) the page 10‑93. For information on new vehicle is driven. The General Towing towing the vehicle behind another engine, axle or other parts could Information vehicle such as a motor home, see be damaged. Recreational Vehicle Towing on . Only use towing equipment that Then, during the first 800 km page 10 94. has been designed for the vehicle. ‑ (500 miles) that a trailer is Contact your dealer or trailering towed, do not drive over 80 km/h dealer for assistance with preparing Driving Characteristics (50 mph) and do not make starts the vehicle for towing a trailer. and Towing Tips at full throttle. This helps the engine and other parts of the See the following trailer towing Pulling A Trailer vehicle wear in at the heavier information in this section: Here are some important points: loads. . For information on driving . Vehicles with automatic while towing a trailer, see . There are many different laws, including speed limit restrictions, transmissions can tow in “Driving Characteristics and D (Drive), but you may want to Towing Tips.” having to do with trailering. Make sure the rig will be legal, shift to a lower gear selection if . For maximum vehicle and trailer not only where you live but the transmission shifts too often weights, see “Trailer Towing.” also where you will be driving. (e.g., under heavy loads and/or hilly conditions). If the vehicle . A good source for this For information on equipment has a manual transmission to tow a trailer, see “Towing information can be state or provincial police. it is better not to use the Equipment.” highest gear. . Consider using a sway control. See “Hitches” in Towing Equipment on page 9‑69. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (60,1)

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Three important considerations Towing a trailer requires a certain have to do with weight: WARNING (Continued) amount of experience. Get to know the rig before setting out for the . The weight of the trailer To maximize safety when towing open road. Get acquainted with the . The weight of the trailer tongue a trailer: feel of handling and braking with . The weight on the vehicle's tires . Have the exhaust system the added weight of the trailer. And always keep in mind that the vehicle Driving with a Trailer inspected for leaks and make necessary repairs before you are driving is now longer and starting a trip. not as responsive as the vehicle is { WARNING by itself. . Never drive with the liftgate, Before starting, check all trailer When towing a trailer, exhaust trunk/hatch, or rear-most window open. hitch parts and attachments, safety gases may collect at the rear chains, electrical connectors, lamps, of the vehicle and enter if the . Fully open the air outlets tires and mirror adjustments. If the liftgate, trunk/hatch, or rear-most on or under the instrument trailer has electric brakes, start the window is open. panel. vehicle and trailer moving and then Engine exhaust contains Carbon . Adjust the Climate Control apply the trailer brake controller Monoxide (CO) which cannot be system to a setting that by hand to be sure the brakes are seen or smelled. It can cause brings in only outside air working. This checks the electrical connection at the same time. unconsciousness and even death. and set the fan speed to the highest setting. See Climate (Continued) During the trip, check occasionally Control System in the Index. to be sure that the load is secure, For more information about and that the lamps and any trailer Carbon Monoxide, see Engine brakes are still working. Exhaust on page 9‑36. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (61,1)

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While towing a trailer or when Backing Up Turn Signals When Towing a exposed to long periods of Hold the bottom of the steering Trailer sunshine, the floor of the truck bed wheel with one hand. Then, to may become very warm. Avoid The arrows on the instrument panel move the trailer to the left, move putting items in the truck bed that flash whenever signaling a turn or that hand to the left. To move the might be affected by high ambient lane change. Properly hooked up, trailer to the right, move your hand temperatures. the trailer lamps also flash, telling to the right. Always back up slowly other drivers the vehicle is turning, Following Distance and, if possible, have someone changing lanes or stopping. guide you. Stay at least twice as far behind the When towing a trailer, the arrows on vehicle ahead as you would when Making Turns the instrument panel flash for turns driving the vehicle without a trailer. even if the bulbs on the trailer are Notice: Making very sharp turns This can help to avoid situations burned out. For this reason you while trailering could cause the that require heavy braking and may think other drivers are seeing trailer to come in contact with the sudden turns. the signal when they are not. It is vehicle. The vehicle could be important to check occasionally to Passing damaged. Avoid making very be sure the trailer bulbs are still sharp turns while trailering. More passing distance is needed working. when towing a trailer. Because the When turning with a trailer, make rig is longer, it is necessary to go wider turns than normal. Do this much farther beyond the passed so the trailer will not strike soft vehicle before returning to the lane. shoulders, curbs, road signs, trees or other objects. Avoid jerky or sudden maneuvers. Signal well in advance. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (62,1)

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Driving On Grades When towing at high altitude on Parking on Hills steep uphill grades, consider the Reduce speed and shift to a following: Engine coolant will boil at lower gear before starting down a { WARNING a lower temperature than at normal long or steep downgrade. If the altitudes. If the engine is turned off transmission is not shifted down, the Parking the vehicle on a hill immediately after towing at high brakes might have to be used so with the trailer attached can be altitude on steep uphill grades, the much that they would get hot and no dangerous. If something goes vehicle may show signs similar to longer work well. wrong, the rig could start to move. engine overheating. To avoid this, People can be injured, and both Vehicles with automatic let the engine run while parked, the vehicle and the trailer can be transmissions can tow in D (Drive), preferably on level ground, with an damaged. When possible, always but you may want to shift to a lower automatic transmission in P (Park) gear selection if the transmission or a manual transmission in park the rig on a flat surface. shifts too often (e.g., under heavy N (Neutral) with the parking brake loads and/or hilly conditions). If the applied, for a few minutes before If parking the rig on a hill: vehicle has a manual transmission it turning the engine off. If the 1. Press the brake pedal, but do is better not to use the highest gear. overheat warning comes on, see not shift into P (Park) yet for Engine Overheating on page 10 24. ‑ vehicles with an automatic transmission, or into gear for vehicles with a manual transmission. Turn the wheels into the curb if facing downhill or into traffic if facing uphill. 2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (63,1)

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3. When the wheel chocks are in Leaving After Parking on a Hill Maintenance When Trailer place, release the brake pedal 1. Apply and hold the brake pedal Towing until the chocks absorb the load. while you: The vehicle needs service more 4. Reapply the brake pedal. Then . Start the engine often when pulling a trailer. See apply the parking brake and shift Scheduled Maintenance on into P (Park) for vehicles with an . Shift into a gear page 11‑2 or the Index for more automatic transmission or into . Release the parking brake information. Things that are gear for vehicles with a manual especially important in trailer transmission. 2. Let up on the brake pedal. operation are automatic 5. If the vehicle has 3. Drive slowly until the trailer is transmission fluid, engine oil, four-wheel-drive, be sure clear of the chocks. axle lubricant, belts, cooling system and brake system. It is a the transfer case is in a drive 4. Stop and have someone pick up good idea to inspect these before gear and not in N (Neutral). and store the chocks. See Four-Wheel Drive on and during the trip. page 10‑31 for more information. Check periodically to see that all 6. Release the brake pedal. hitch nuts and bolts are tight. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (64,1)

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Trailer Towing Notice: Pulling a trailer your passengers. So please read improperly can damage the this section carefully before pulling a vehicle and result in costly trailer. { WARNING repairs not covered by the Weight of the Trailer The driver can lose control when vehicle warranty. To pull a trailer correctly, follow the advice in this pulling a trailer if the correct How heavy can a trailer safely be? section and see your dealer for equipment is not used or the It depends on how the rig is used. important information about For example, speed, altitude, road vehicle is not driven properly. towing a trailer with the vehicle. For example, if the trailer is grades, outside temperature and too heavy, the brakes may not To identify the trailering capacity of how much the vehicle is used to work well — or even at all. The the vehicle, read the information in pull a trailer are all important. It can driver and passengers could be “Weight of the Trailer” that appears depend on any special equipment seriously injured. The vehicle may later in this section. on the vehicle, and the amount of also be damaged; the resulting Trailering is different than just tongue weight the vehicle can carry. repairs would not be covered by driving the vehicle by itself. See “Weight of the Trailer Tongue” the vehicle warranty. Pull a trailer Trailering means changes in later in this section for more information. only if all the steps in this section handling, acceleration, braking, have been followed. Ask your durability and fuel economy. Maximum trailer weight is dealer for advice and information Successful, safe trailering takes calculated assuming only the driver about towing a trailer with the correct equipment, and it has to be is in the tow vehicle and it has all vehicle. used properly. the required trailering equipment. The following information has many The weight of additional optional time-tested, important trailering tips equipment, passengers and cargo in and safety rules. Many of these are the tow vehicle must be subtracted important for your safety and that of from the maximum trailer weight. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (65,1)

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Use the following chart to determine how much the vehicle can weigh, based upon the vehicle model and options.

Vehicle Axle Ratio Maximum Trailer Weight GCWR* 2WD Regular Cab 2.9L L4 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 542 kg (3,400 lbs) 3 175 kg (7,000 lbs) 2.9L L4 Manual Transmission 3.73 1 089 kg (2,400 lbs) 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 3.7L L5 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 814 kg (4,000 lbs) 3 856 kg (8,500 lbs) 2WD Extended Cab 2.9L L4 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 452 kg (3,200 lbs) 3 175 kg (7,000 lbs) 2.9L L4 Manual Transmission 3.73 998 kg (2,200 lbs) 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 3.7L L5 Automatic Transmission 3.73 2 495 kg (5,500 lbs) 4 309 kg (9,500 lbs) 3.42 5.3L V8 Automatic Transmission 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 4 717 kg (10,400 lbs) 3.73 5.3L V8 Automatic Transmission, 3.42 1 814 kg (4,000 lbs) 3 856 kg (8,500 lbs) ZQ8 Sport Suspension GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (66,1)

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Vehicle Axle Ratio Maximum Trailer Weight GCWR* 2WD Crew Cab 2.9L L4 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 361 kg (3,000 lbs) 3 175 kg (7,000 lbs) 2.9L L4 Manual Transmission 3.73 953 kg (2,100 lbs) 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 3.7L L5 Automatic Transmission 3.73 2 495 kg (5,500 lbs) 4 309 kg (9,500 lbs) 3.42 5.3L V8 Automatic Transmission 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 4 717 kg (10,400 lbs) 3.73 5.3L V8 Automatic Transmission, 3.42 1 724 kg (3,800 lbs) 3 856 kg (8,500 lbs) ZQ8 Sport Suspension 4WD Regular Cab 2.9L L4 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 406 kg (3,100 lbs) 3 175 kg (7,000 lbs) 2.9L L4 Manual Transmission 3.73 953 kg (2,100 lbs) 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 3.7L L5 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 814 kg (4,000 lbs) 4 082 kg (9,000 lbs) 4WD Extended Cab 2.9L L4 Automatic Transmission 3.73 1 315 kg (2,900 lbs) 3 175 kg (7,000 lbs) 2.9L L4 Manual Transmission 3.73 861 kg (1,900 lbs) 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 3.7L L5 Automatic Transmission 3.73 2 495 kg (5,500 lbs) 4 445 kg (9,800 lbs) 3.42 5.3L V8 Automatic Transmission 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 4 717 kg (10,400 lbs) 4.10 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (67,1)

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Vehicle Axle Ratio Maximum Trailer Weight GCWR* 4WD Crew Cab 3.7L L5 Automatic Transmission 3.73 2 495 kg (5,500 lbs) 4 445 kg (9,800 lbs) 3.42 5.3L V8 Automatic Transmission 2 722 kg (6,000 lbs) 4 717 kg (10,400 lbs) 4.10 *The Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) is the total allowable weight of the completely loaded vehicle and trailer including any passengers, cargo, equipment and conversions. The GCWR for the vehicle should not be exceeded.

Ask your dealer for our trailering Weight of the Trailer Tongue If there are a lot of options, information or advice, or write us at equipment, passengers or cargo in The tongue load (A) of any trailer is our Customer Assistance Offices. the vehicle, it will reduce the tongue an important weight to measure See Customer Assistance Offices weight the vehicle can carry, which because it affects the total gross (U.S. and Canada) on page 13 5 will also reduce the trailer weight the ‑ weight of the vehicle. The Gross or Customer Assistance Offices vehicle can tow. If towing a trailer, Vehicle Weight (GVW) includes (Mexico) on page 13 5 for more the tongue load must be added to ‑ the curb weight of the vehicle, any information. the GVW because the vehicle will cargo carried in it, and the people be carrying that weight, too. See who will be riding in the vehicle. Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑22 for more information about the vehicle's maximum load capacity. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (68,1)

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After loading the trailer, weigh Total Weight on the Vehicle's the trailer and then the tongue, Tires separately, to see if the weights are proper. If they are not, adjustments Be sure the vehicle's tires are might be made by moving some inflated to the upper limit for items around in the trailer. cold tires. These numbers can be found on the Certification/Tire label Trailering may be limited by the located at the bottom of the center vehicle's ability to carry tongue pillar on the driver's side of the weight. Tongue weight cannot cause vehicle, or see Vehicle Load Limits the vehicle to exceed the GVWR on page 9‑22. Make sure not to go (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) or over the GVW limit for the vehicle, the RGAWR (Rear Gross Axle or the GAWR, including the weight The trailer tongue weight (A) should Weight Rating). The effect of of the trailer tongue. If using a be 10 percent to 15 percent of the additional weight may reduce the weight distributing hitch, make total loaded trailer weight, up to a trailering capacity more than the sure not to go over the rear axle maximum of 226 kg (500 lbs) with a total of the additional weight. limit before applying the weight weight carrying hitch. It is important that the vehicle distribution spring bars. Do not exceed the maximum does not exceed any of its allowable tongue weight for the ratings — GCWR, GVWR, RGAWR, vehicle. Choose the shortest hitch Maximum Trailer Rating or Tongue extension that will position the hitch Weight. The only way to be sure it is ball closest to the vehicle. This will not exceeding any of these ratings help reduce the effect of trailer is to weigh the vehicle and trailer. tongue weight on the rear axle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (69,1)

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Towing Equipment Safety Chains Trailer Brakes Hitches Always attach chains between the A loaded trailer that weighs more vehicle and the trailer. Cross the than 450 kg (1,000 lbs) needs to It is important to have the correct safety chains under the tongue have its own brake system that is hitch equipment. Crosswinds, large of the trailer to help prevent the adequate for the weight of the trucks going by and rough roads are tongue from contacting the road if it trailer. Be sure to read and follow a few reasons why the right hitch is becomes separated from the hitch. the instructions for the trailer brakes needed. Instructions about safety chains so they are installed, adjusted and Weight-Distributing Hitches may be provided by the hitch maintained properly. manufacturer or by the trailer and Weight Carrying Hitches Since the vehicle is equipped with manufacturer. For trailers up to StabiliTrak®, the trailer cannot tap A step bumper hitch can be used for 907 kg (2,000 lbs) safety chains into the vehicle's hydraulic brake trailers up to 907 kg (2,000 lbs) total may be attached to the attaching system. weight, and 90 kg (200 lbs) tongue points on the bumper. For heavier weight. trailers, follow the trailer or hitch manufacturer's recommendation for Notice: If a step-bumper hitch attaching safety chains. Always is used, the bumper could be leave just enough slack so the rig damaged in sharp turns. Make can turn. Never allow safety chains sure there is ample room when to drag on the ground. turning to avoid contact between the trailer and the bumper. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (70,1)

9-70 Driving and Operating

Trailer Wiring Harness Conversions and The vehicle has an airbag system. Before attempting to add anything The vehicle may be equipped with Add-Ons electrical to the vehicle, see a four pin trailer towing harness. ‐ Servicing the Airbag-Equipped This harness has a four pin trailer ‐ Vehicle on page 3 39 and Adding connector that is attached to a Add-On Electrical ‑ Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped bracket on the hitch platform. The Equipment Vehicle on page 3 40. four wire harness contains the ‑ ‐ Notice: Do not add anything following trailer circuits: electrical to the vehicle unless Pickup Conversion to . Yellow: Left Stop/Turn Signal you check with your dealer first. Chassis Cab . Green: Right Stop/Turn Signal Some electrical equipment can damage the vehicle and the We are aware that some vehicle . Brown: Taillamps/Park lamps damage would not be covered owners might consider having . White: Ground by the vehicle's warranty. Some the pickup box removed and a add-on electrical equipment can commercial or recreational body keep other components from installed. However, we recommend working as they should. that conversions of this type not be done to pickups. Owners should be Add-on equipment can drain the aware that, as manufactured, there vehicle's 12 volt battery, even if the ‐ are differences between a chassis vehicle is not operating. cab and a pickup with the box removed which could affect vehicle safety. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Vehicle Care 10-1

Engine Overheating ...... 10-24 Front Turn Signal, Parking, Vehicle Care Engine Fan ...... 10-26 and Daytime Running Power Steering Fluid ...... 10-26 Lamps (DRL) ...... 10-38 Washer Fluid ...... 10-27 Taillamps, Turn Signal, General Information Brakes ...... 10-28 Stoplamps, and Back-Up General Information ...... 10-2 Brake Fluid ...... 10-29 Lamps ...... 10-39 California Proposition Battery ...... 10-31 Center High-Mounted 65 Warning ...... 10-3 Four-Wheel Drive ...... 10-31 Stoplamp (CHMSL) ...... 10-40 California Perchlorate Front Axle ...... 10-32 License Plate Lamp ...... 10-41 Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3 Rear Axle ...... 10-33 Replacement Bulbs ...... 10-41 Accessories and Starter Switch Check ...... 10-33 Modifications ...... 10-3 Automatic Transmission Shift Electrical System Lock Control Function Electrical System Vehicle Checks Overload ...... 10-42 Doing Your Own Check ...... 10-34 Ignition Transmission Lock Fuses and Circuit Service Work ...... 10-4 Breakers ...... 10-43 Hood ...... 10-5 Check ...... 10-34 Park Brake and P (Park) Engine Compartment Fuse Engine Compartment Block ...... 10-43 Overview ...... 10-6 Mechanism Check ...... 10-35 Engine Oil ...... 10-10 Wiper Blade Wheels and Tires Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-14 Replacement ...... 10-35 Tires ...... 10-50 Automatic Transmission Headlamp Aiming Tire Sidewall Labeling ...... 10-50 Fluid ...... 10-15 Headlamp Aiming ...... 10-37 Tire Designations ...... 10-53 Manual Transmission Tire Terminology and Fluid ...... 10-17 Bulb Replacement Definitions ...... 10-53 Hydraulic Clutch ...... 10-18 Bulb Replacement ...... 10-37 Tire Pressure ...... 10-56 Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-19 Halogen Bulbs ...... 10-37 Tire Pressure for High-Speed Cooling System ...... 10-20 Headlamps ...... 10-38 Operation ...... 10-58 Engine Coolant ...... 10-21 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

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Tire Pressure Monitor If a Tire Goes Flat ...... 10-72 General Information System ...... 10-59 Tire Changing ...... 10-74 Tire Pressure Monitor Secondary Latch System . . . 10-85 For service and parts needs, Operation ...... 10-60 Compact Spare Tire ...... 10-88 visit your dealer. You will receive Tire Inspection ...... 10-63 Full-Size Spare Tire ...... 10-89 genuine GM parts and GM-trained Tire Rotation ...... 10-63 and supported service people. When It Is Time for New Jump Starting Jump Starting ...... 10-90 Genuine GM parts have one of Tires ...... 10-65 these marks: Buying New Tires ...... 10-65 Towing Different Size Tires and Towing the Vehicle ...... 10-93 Wheels ...... 10-67 Recreational Vehicle Uniform Tire Quality Towing ...... 10-94 Grading ...... 10-68 Wheel Alignment and Tire Appearance Care Balance ...... 10-69 Exterior Care ...... 10-99 Wheel Replacement ...... 10-70 Interior Care ...... 10-103 Tire Chains ...... 10-71 Floor Mats ...... 10-106 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

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California Proposition 65 California Perchlorate Accessories and Warning Materials Requirements Modifications Most motor vehicles, including this Certain types of automotive Adding non‐dealer accessories one, contain and/or emit chemicals applications, such as airbag to the vehicle can affect vehicle known to the State of California to initiators, seat belt pretensioners, performance and safety, including cause cancer and birth defects or and lithium batteries contained in such things as airbags, braking, other reproductive harm. Engine Remote Keyless Entry transmitters, stability, ride and handling, exhaust, many parts and systems, may contain perchlorate materials. emissions systems, aerodynamics, many fluids, and some component Special handling may be necessary. durability, and electronic systems wear by-products contain and/or For additional information, see like antilock brakes, traction control, emit these chemicals. www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/ and stability control. Some of these perchlorate. accessories could even cause malfunction or damage not covered by the vehicle warranty. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

10-4 Vehicle Care

Damage to vehicle components Vehicle Checks If doing some of your own service resulting from the installation or use work, use the proper service of non‐GM certified parts, including manual. It tells you much more control module modifications, is not Doing Your Own about how to service the vehicle covered under the terms of the Service Work than this manual can. To order the vehicle warranty and may affect proper service manual, see Service remaining warranty coverage for { WARNING Publications Ordering Information affected parts. on page 13‑15. GM Accessories are designed to You can be injured and the This vehicle has an airbag system. complement and function with other vehicle could be damaged if you Before attempting to do your own systems on the vehicle. Your GM try to do service work on a vehicle service work, see Servicing the dealer can accessorize the vehicle without knowing enough about it. Airbag-Equipped Vehicle on using genuine GM Accessories. . Be sure you have sufficient page 3‑39. When you go to your GM dealer knowledge, experience, Keep a record with all parts receipts and ask for GM Accessories, you the proper replacement and list the mileage and the date of will know that GM-trained and parts, and tools before any service work performed. See supported service technicians will attempting any vehicle Maintenance Records on perform the work using genuine GM maintenance task. page 11‑10. Accessories. . Be sure to use the proper Also, see Adding Equipment to the nuts, bolts, and other Airbag-Equipped Vehicle on fasteners. English and page 3‑40. metric fasteners can be easily confused. If the wrong fasteners are used, parts can later break or fall off. You could be hurt. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

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Hood 2. Release the secondary latch on Before closing the hood, be sure all the hood. It is located below the the filler caps are on properly. Then To open the hood, do the following: front center of the hood. lift the hood to relieve pressure on 3. Lift the hood. the hood prop. Remove the hood prop from the slot in the hood and 4. Release the hood prop from its return the prop to its retainer. Lower retainer and put the hood prop the hood 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12 in) into the slot in the hood. above the vehicle and release it to latch fully. Check to make sure the hood is closed and repeat the 1. Pull the handle with this symbol procedure if necessary. on it. It is located inside the vehicle on the lower left side of the instrument panel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

10-6 Vehicle Care

Engine Compartment Overview

3.7 L L5 Engine Shown (2.9 L L4 Engine Similar) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Vehicle Care 10-7

A. Windshield Washer Fluid. See E. Automatic Transmission Fluid I. Engine Oil Dipstick. See “Adding Washer Fluid” under Dipstick (If Equipped). See “Checking Engine Oil” under Washer Fluid on page 10‑27. “Checking the Fluid Level” Engine Oil on page 10‑10. B. Engine Coolant Recovery under Automatic Transmission J. Remote Positive (+) Terminal. Tank. See Engine Coolant on Fluid on page 10‑15. See Jump Starting on page 10‑21. F. Engine Oil Fill Cap. See “When page 10‑90. C. Engine Air Cleaner/Filter on to Add Engine Oil” under K. Brake Fluid Reservoir. See Engine Oil on page 10 10. page 10‑19. ‑ Brake Fluid on page 10‑29. D. Power Steering Fluid Reservoir G. Radiator Pressure Cap. See L. Engine Compartment Fuse Cooling System on page 10 20. (low in engine compartment). ‑ Block on page 10‑43. See Power Steering Fluid on H. Remote Negative (−) Terminal M. Battery on page 10‑31. page 10‑26. (GND). See Jump Starting on page 10‑90. N. Hydraulic Clutch Fluid Reservoir (If Equipped). See Hydraulic Clutch on page 10‑18. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

10-8 Vehicle Care

5.3 L V8 Engine GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

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A. Engine Air Cleaner/Filter on E. Automatic Transmission Fluid H. Brake Fluid Reservoir. See page 10‑19. Dipstick (If Equipped). See Brake Fluid on page 10‑29. Checking the Fluid Level B. Air Filter Restriction Indicator “ ” I. Battery on page 10‑31. (If Equipped). See Engine Air under Automatic Transmission Fluid on page 10‑15. J. Power Steering Fluid Reservoir. Cleaner/Filter on page 10‑19. See Power Steering Fluid on F. Engine Oil Dipstick. See C. Windshield Washer Fluid page 10‑26. “Checking Engine Oil” under Reservoir. See “Adding Washer K. Engine Compartment Fuse Fluid under Washer Fluid on Engine Oil on page 10‑10. ” Block on page 10‑43. page 10‑27. G. Engine Oil Fill Cap. See “When L. Radiator Pressure Cap. See D. Engine Coolant Recovery to Add Engine Oil” under Cooling System on page 10‑20. Tank. See Engine Coolant on Engine Oil on page 10‑10. page 10‑21. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

10-10 Vehicle Care

Engine Oil . Change the engine oil at the Obtaining an accurate oil level appropriate time. See Engine Oil reading is essential: To ensure proper engine Life System on page 10‑14. performance and long life, careful 1. If the engine has been running . Always dispose of engine oil attention must be paid to engine recently, turn off the engine and properly. See What to Do With oil. Following these simple, but “ allow several minutes for the oil Used Oil. important steps will help protect ” to drain back into the oil pan. your investment: Checking Engine Oil Checking your oil level too soon after engine shut off will not . Always use engine oil approved It is a good idea to check the engine provide an accurate oil level to the proper specification and of oil level at each fuel fill. In order to reading. the proper viscosity grade. See get an accurate reading, the vehicle “Selecting the Right Engine Oil.” must be on level ground. The 2. Pull out the dipstick and clean it with a paper towel or cloth, . Check the engine oil level engine oil dipstick handle is a yellow loop. See Engine Compartment then push it back in all the way. regularly and maintain the Remove it again, keeping the tip Overview on page 10‑6 for the proper oil level. See “Checking down, and check the level. Engine Oil” and “When to Add location of the engine oil dipstick. Engine Oil.” GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

Vehicle Care 10-11

When to Add Engine Oil See “Selecting the Right Engine Oil” operating range, the engine could for an explanation of what kind of oil be damaged. You should drain to use. For engine oil crankcase out the excess oil or limit your capacity, see Capacities and driving of the vehicle and seek a Specifications on page 12‑2. service professional to remove Notice: Do not add too much oil. the excess amount of oil. Oil levels above or below the See Engine Compartment Overview L4 and L5 Engines acceptable operating range on page 10‑6 for the location of the shown on the dipstick are harmful engine oil fill cap. to the engine. If you find that Add enough oil to put the level you have an oil level above the somewhere in the proper operating operating range, i.e. the engine range. Push the dipstick all the way has so much oil that the oil level back in when through. gets above the cross-hatched area that shows the proper V8 Engine If the oil is below the cross-hatched area at the tip of the dipstick, add one liter/quart of the recommended oil and then recheck the level. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

10-12 Vehicle Care

Selecting the Right Engine Oil Notice: Use only engine oil that Use of Substitute Engine Oils if is approved to the dexos dexos is unavailable: In the event Selecting the right engine oil ™ ™ specification or an equivalent that dexos approved engine oil is depends on both the proper oil ™ engine oil of the appropriate not available at an oil change or for specification and viscosity grade: viscosity grade. Engine oils maintaining proper oil level, you Specification approved to the dexos™ may use substitute engine oil specification will show the displaying the API Starburst symbol Use and ask for engine oils with dexos symbol on the container. and of SAE 5W-30 viscosity grade. the dexos certification mark. Oils ™ ™ Failure to use the recommended Use of oils that do not meet the meeting the requirements of your engine oil or equivalent can result dexos specification, however, may vehicle should have the dexos ™ ™ in engine damage not covered result in reduced performance under certification mark on the container. by the vehicle warranty. If you certain circumstances. This certification mark indicates that are unsure whether your oil is the oil has been approved to the approved to the dexos Viscosity Grade dexos specification. ™ ™ specification, ask your service SAE 5W-30 is the best viscosity provider. grade for the vehicle. Do not use other viscosity oils such as SAE 10W‐30, 10W‐40, or 20W-50.

Your vehicle was filled at the factory with dexos™ approved engine oil. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

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(−20°F), an SAE 0W-30 oil should What to Do with Used Oil be used. An oil of this viscosity Used engine oil contains certain grade will provide easier cold elements that can be unhealthy for starting for the engine at extremely your skin and could even cause low temperatures. When selecting cancer. Do not let used oil stay on an oil of the appropriate viscosity your skin for very long. Clean your grade, be sure to always select skin and nails with soap and water, an oil that meets the required or a good hand cleaner. Wash or specification, dexos . See ™ properly dispose of clothing or rags Specification for more information. “ ” containing used engine oil. See the Engine Oil Additives/Engine manufacturer's warnings about the Oil Flushes use and disposal of oil products. Do not add anything to the oil. Used oil can be a threat to the The recommended oils with the environment. If you change your dexos™ specification and displaying own oil, be sure to drain all the oil the dexos™ certification mark from the filter before disposal. Never are all that is needed for good dispose of oil by putting it in the performance and engine protection. trash or pouring it on the ground, into sewers, or into streams or Engine oil system flushes are not bodies of water. Recycle it by taking recommended and could cause it to a place that collects used oil. engine damage not covered by the vehicle warranty.

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10-14 Vehicle Care

Engine Oil Life System It is possible that, if driving under How to Reset the Engine Oil the best conditions, the oil life Life System When to Change Engine Oil system might indicate that an oil Reset the system whenever the This vehicle has a computer system change is not necessary for up to a year. The engine oil and filter must engine oil is changed so that the that indicates when to change the system can calculate the next engine oil and filter. This is based be changed at least once a year and, at this time, the system must engine oil change. To reset the on engine revolutions and engine system: temperature, and not on mileage. be reset. Your dealer has trained Based on driving conditions, the people who will perform this work 1. Turn the ignition to ON/RUN, mileage at which an oil change is and reset the system. It is also with the engine off. important to check the oil regularly indicated can vary considerably. For 2. Press and release the stem over the course of an oil drain the oil life system to work properly, in the lower center of the interval and keep it at the proper the system must be reset every time instrument cluster until the level. the oil is changed. OIL LIFE message is displayed. If the system is ever reset When the system has calculated 3. Once the alternating OIL LIFE accidentally, the oil must be that oil life has been diminished, and RESET messages appear, changed at 5 000 km (3,000 miles) it indicates that an oil change press and hold the stem until since the last oil change. is necessary. A CHANGE OIL several beeps sound. This Remember to reset the oil life message comes on. See Engine Oil confirms that the oil life system system whenever the oil is changed. Messages on page 5‑26. Change has been reset. the oil as soon as possible within 4. Turn the key to LOCK/OFF. the next 1 000 km (600 miles). If the CHANGE OIL message comes back on when the vehicle is started, the engine oil life system has not been reset. Repeat the procedure. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

Vehicle Care 10-15

Automatic Transmission Notice: Too much or too Get the vehicle warmed up by little fluid can damage the driving about 24 km (15 mi) when Fluid transmission. Too much can outside temperatures are above When to Check and Change mean that some of the fluid could 10°C (50°F). If it is colder than 10°C Automatic Transmission Fluid come out and fall on hot engine (50°F), drive the vehicle in 3 (Third) parts or exhaust system parts, until the engine temperature gauge A good time to check the automatic starting a fire. Too little fluid moves and then remains steady for transmission fluid level is when the could cause the transmission 10 minutes. engine oil is changed. to overheat. Be sure to get an A cold fluid check can be made Change the fluid and filter at the accurate reading if checking the after the vehicle has been sitting intervals listed in Scheduled transmission fluid. for eight hours or more with the Maintenance on page 11‑2, and be Wait at least 30 minutes before engine off, but this is used only sure to use the transmission fluid checking the transmission fluid level as a reference. Let the engine run listed in Recommended Fluids and if the vehicle has been driven: at idle for five minutes if outside Lubricants on page 11‑6. temperatures are 10°C (50°F) or . When outside temperatures are How to Check Automatic above 32°C (90°F). more. If it is colder than 10°C (50°F), the engine may have to Transmission Fluid . At high speed for quite a while. idle longer. Should the fluid level be Because this operation can be a . In heavy traffic — especially in low during this cold check, check little difficult, it may be decided to hot weather. the fluid hot before adding fluid. have this done at the dealer service Checking the fluid hot gives a more department. . While pulling a trailer. accurate reading of the fluid level. If not taken to the dealer, be sure to To get the right reading, the fluid follow all the instructions here, or a should be at normal operating false reading on the dipstick could temperature, which is 82°C to 93°C result. (180°F to 200°F). GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

10-16 Vehicle Care

Checking the Fluid Level area, below the cross-hatched To prepare the vehicle: area, for a cold check or in the HOT or cross-hatched area for a 1. Park the vehicle on a level hot check. Be sure to keep the place. Keep the engine running. dipstick pointed down to get an 2. With the parking brake applied, accurate reading. place the shift lever in P (Park). The automatic transmission 4. If the fluid level is in the 3. With foot on the brake pedal, dipstick handle with this symbol acceptable range, push the move the shift lever through on it is located in the engine dipstick back in all the way; then each gear range, pausing for compartment on the passenger flip the handle down to lock the about three seconds in each side of the vehicle. dipstick in place. range. Then, position the shift See Engine Compartment How to Add Automatic lever in P (Park). Overview on page 10‑6 for more Transmission Fluid 4. Let the engine run at idle for information on location. Refer to the Maintenance three minutes or more. 2. Push it back in all the way, wait Schedule to determine what kind Then, without shutting off the three seconds, and pull it back of transmission fluid to use. See engine: out again. Recommended Fluids and 1. Flip the handle up and then Lubricants on page 11‑6. pull out the dipstick and Add fluid only after checking the wipe it with a clean rag or transmission fluid while it is hot. paper towel. A cold check is used only as a reference. If the fluid level is low, add only enough of the proper fluid to bring the level up to 3. Check both sides of the dipstick, the HOT area for a hot check. and read the lower level. The fluid level must be in the COLD GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

Vehicle Care 10-17

It does not take much fluid, Manual Transmission Check the fluid level only when generally less than 0.5 L (1 pt). the engine is off, the vehicle is Do not overfill. Fluid parked on a level place and the Notice: Use of the incorrect When to Check transmission is cool enough to touch the transmission case. automatic transmission fluid A good time to check the manual may damage the vehicle, and the transmission fluid is when the After this is done: damages may not be covered by engine oil is changed. However, the the vehicle's warranty. Always fluid in the manual transmission use the automatic transmission does not require changing. fluid listed in Recommended Fluids and Lubricants on How to Check page 11‑6. Because this operation can be a . After adding fluid, recheck the little difficult, it may be decided to fluid level as described under have this done at the dealer service “How to Check Automatic department. Transmission Fluid,” earlier in If not taken to the dealer, be sure to this section. follow all the instructions here, or a . When the correct fluid level is false reading on the dipstick could obtained, push the dipstick result. 1. Remove the fill plug. back in all the way; then flip the Notice: Too much or too 2. Check that the lubricant level handle down to lock the dipstick little fluid can damage the is up to the bottom of the fill in place. transmission. Too little fluid plug hole. could cause the transmission to overheat. Be sure to get an accurate reading if checking the transmission fluid. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

10-18 Vehicle Care

3. If the fluid level is good, install When to Check and What the plug and be sure it is fully to Use seated. If the fluid level is low, add more fluid as described in the next steps. How to Add Fluid The hydraulic clutch fluid reservoir Here is how to add fluid. Refer to cap has this symbol on it. See the Maintenance Schedule to Engine Compartment Overview on determine what kind of fluid to use. page 10‑6 for reservoir location. See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants on page 11‑6. It is not necessary to regularly check clutch fluid unless a leak in 1. Remove the fill plug. the system is suspected. Adding 2. Add fluid at the fill plug hole. fluid will not correct a leak. Add only enough fluid to bring A fluid loss in this system could the fluid level up to the bottom of indicate a problem. Have the Refer to the Maintenance Schedule the fill plug hole. system inspected and repaired. to determine how often to check the fluid level in the clutch master 3. Install the fill plug. Be sure the cylinder reservoir and for the proper plug is fully seated. fluid. See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants on page 11 6. Hydraulic Clutch ‑ How to Check and Add Fluid The hydraulic clutch linkage in the vehicle is self-adjusting. The clutch The proper fluid should be added if master cylinder reservoir is filled the level does not reach the bottom with hydraulic clutch fluid. of the diaphragm when it is in place in the reservoir. See the instructions on the reservoir cap. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

Vehicle Care 10-19

Engine Air Cleaner/Filter When to Inspect the Engine Air 4. Reinstall the engine air cleaner/ Cleaner/Filter filter cover. Fasten the clips to hold the cover in place. Inspect the air cleaner/filter at the scheduled maintenance intervals and replace it at the first oil change { WARNING after each 80 000 km (50,000 mi) Operating the engine with the air interval. See Scheduled cleaner/filter off can cause you Maintenance on page 11‑2 for more information. If you are or others to be burned. The air driving in dusty/dirty conditions, cleaner not only cleans the air; it inspect the filter at each engine oil helps to stop flames if the engine change. backfires. Use caution when working on the engine and do not How to Inspect the Engine Air drive with the air cleaner/filter off. Cleaner/Filter The engine air cleaner/filter is located in the engine compartment To inspect or replace the engine air Notice: If the air cleaner/filter is on the passenger side of the cleaner/filter, do the following: off, dirt can easily get into the vehicle. See Engine Compartment 1. Unfasten the clips that hold the engine, which could damage it. Overview on page 10‑6 for more cover on and remove the cover. Always have the air cleaner/filter information on location. in place when you are driving. 2. Lift out the engine air cleaner/ filter. 3. Inspect or replace the air filter. See Maintenance Replacement Parts on page 11‑9 to determine which filter to use. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

10-20 Vehicle Care

Cooling System { WARNING The cooling system allows the engine to maintain the correct Heater and radiator hoses, and working temperature. other engine parts, can be very hot. Do not touch them. If you do, you can be burned. Do not run the engine if there is a leak. If you run the engine, it could lose all coolant. That could cause an engine fire, and you could be burned. Get any leak 5.3 L V8 Engine fixed before you drive the vehicle. A. Coolant Recovery Tank B. Radiator Pressure Cap Notice: Using coolant other than DEX-COOL® can cause C. Engine Cooling Fan (Out premature engine, heater core, 2.9 L L4 Engine Shown (3.7 L L5 of View) or radiator corrosion. In addition, Engine Similar) the engine coolant could require A. Coolant Recovery Tank { WARNING changing sooner, at 50 000 km (30,000 miles) or 24 months, B. Engine Cooling Fan (Out An electric engine cooling fan of View) whichever occurs first. Any under the hood can start up even repairs would not be covered by C. Radiator Pressure Cap when the engine is not running the vehicle warranty. Always use and can cause injury. Keep DEX-COOL (silicate-free) coolant hands, clothing, and tools away in the vehicle. from any underhood electric fan. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (21,1)

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Engine Coolant . Will not damage aluminum parts. WARNING (Continued) . Helps keep the proper engine The cooling system in the vehicle temperature. is filled with DEX-COOL® engine or the wrong mixture, the engine coolant. This coolant is designed to could get too hot but you would Notice: If an improper coolant remain in the vehicle for 5 years or not get the overheat warning. mixture is used, the engine could 240 000 km (150,000 mi), whichever The engine could catch fire and overheat and be badly damaged. occurs first. you or others could be burned. The repair cost would not be covered by the vehicle warranty. The following explains the cooling Use a 50/50 mixture of clean, Too much water in the mixture system and how to check and add drinkable water and DEX-COOL can freeze and crack the engine, coolant when it is low. If there is a coolant. radiator, heater core, and other problem with engine overheating, parts. see Engine Overheating on Use a 50/50 mixture of clean, page 10‑24. drinkable water and DEX-COOL Notice: If extra inhibitors and/or additives are used in the What to Use coolant. If using this mixture, nothing else needs to be added. vehicle's cooling system, the This mixture: vehicle could be damaged. Use { WARNING only the proper mixture of the . Gives freezing protection down engine coolant listed in this Adding only plain water or some to −37°C (−34°F), outside manual for the cooling system. other liquid to the cooling system temperature. See Recommended Fluids and can be dangerous. Plain water . Gives boiling protection up Lubricants on page 11‑6 for more and other liquids, can boil before to 129°C (265°F), engine information. the proper coolant mixture will. temperature. Never dispose of engine coolant The vehicle's coolant warning . Protects against rust and by putting it in the trash, pouring system is set for the proper corrosion. it on the ground, into sewers, coolant mixture. With plain water into streams or bodies of water. (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (22,1)

10-22 Vehicle Care

Have the coolant changed by an Check to see if coolant is visible in How to Add Coolant to the authorized service center, familiar the coolant recovery tank. If the Recovery Tank with legal requirements regarding coolant inside the coolant recovery used coolant disposal. This will help tank is boiling, do not do anything { WARNING protect the environment and your else until it cools down. If coolant is health. visible but the coolant level is not at You can be burned if you spill or above the FULL COLD mark, add Checking Coolant coolant on hot engine parts. a 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable Coolant contains ethylene glycol The vehicle must be on a level water and DEX-COOL coolant at the and it will burn if the engine parts coolant recovery tank, but be sure surface when checking the coolant are hot enough. Do not spill the cooling system is cool before level. coolant on a hot engine. this is done. The vehicle must be on a level surface. When the engine is cold, Notice: This vehicle has a the coolant level should be at FULL specific coolant fill procedure. COLD, or a little higher. When the Failure to follow this procedure engine is warm, the level could be could cause the engine to above the FULL COLD level. overheat and be severely damaged. The coolant recovery tank cap has When the engine is cold, the coolant this symbol on it. level should be at least up to the When the coolant in the coolant It is located toward the rear of FULL COLD mark. If it is not, there recovery tank is at the FULL COLD the engine compartment on the could be a leak in the cooling mark, start the vehicle. passenger side of the vehicle. See system. If coolant is needed, add the proper Engine Compartment Overview on DEX-COOL coolant mixture at the page 10‑6 for more information on coolant recovery tank. location. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (23,1)

Vehicle Care 10-23

How to Add Coolant to the Turn the pressure cap slowly Radiator WARNING (Continued) counterclockwise about one full turn. cooling system and surge tank { WARNING pressure cap to cool if you ever If a hiss is heard, wait for that to have to turn the pressure cap. stop. A hiss means there is still An electric engine cooling fan some pressure left. under the hood can start up even 2. Keep turning the cap to when the engine is not running If coolant is needed, add the proper remove it. and can cause injury. Keep mixture directly to the radiator, but hands, clothing, and tools away be sure the cooling system is cool 3. Fill the radiator with the proper from any underhood electric fan. before this is done. DEX‐COOL coolant mixture, up to the base of the filler neck. See Engine Coolant on page 10‑21 for more information { WARNING about the proper coolant mixture. Steam and scalding liquids from a hot cooling system can blow out and burn you badly. They are under pressure, and if you turn the surge tank pressure cap — even a little — they can come out at high speed. Never turn the cap when the cooling system, including the surge tank 1. Remove the radiator pressure pressure cap, is hot. Wait for the cap when the cooling system, (Continued) including the upper radiator hose, is no longer hot. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (24,1)

10-24 Vehicle Care

At any time during this procedure if coolant begins to flow out of the filler neck, reinstall the pressure cap. Notice: If the pressure cap is not tightly installed, coolant loss and possible engine damage may occur. Be sure the cap is properly and tightly secured. Engine Overheating The vehicle has a coolant 4. Fill the coolant recovery tank to 6. Start the engine and let it run temperature gauge displayed on the FULL COLD mark. until the upper radiator hose can the instrument panel to warn if the be felt getting hot. Watch out for 5. Reinstall the cap on the coolant engine is overheating. See Engine the engine cooling fan. recovery tank, but leave the Coolant Temperature Gauge on radiator pressure cap off. 7. By this time, the coolant level page 5‑10. If the engine is too hot, inside the radiator filler neck the air conditioning might stop might be lower. If the level is working. This is normal and helps lower, add more of the proper cool the engine. DEX COOL coolant mixture ‐ If the decision is made not to lift the through the filler neck until the hood when the warning appears, but level reaches the base of the instead get service help right away. filler neck. See Roadside Assistance Program 8. Then replace the pressure cap. (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑8 or Roadside Assistance Program (Mexico) on page 13‑10. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (25,1)

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If the decision is made to lift the If Steam is Coming from the If No Steam is Coming from hood, make sure the vehicle is Engine Compartment the Engine Compartment parked on a level surface. If an engine overheat warning is Then check to see if the engine { WARNING displayed but no steam can be seen cooling fan is running. If the engine or heard, the problem may not be is overheating, the fan should be Steam from an overheated engine too serious. Sometimes the engine running. If it is not, do not continue can burn you badly, even if you can get a little too hot when the to run the engine and have the just open the hood. Stay away vehicle: vehicle serviced. from the engine if you see or hear . Climbs a long hill on a hot day. The engine cooling fan speed steam coming from it. Just turn it should increase when idle speed is off and get everyone away from . Stops after high-speed driving. doubled by pushing the accelerator the vehicle until it cools down. . Idles for long periods in traffic. pedal down. If it does not, the Wait until there is no sign of . Tows a trailer. See Driving on vehicle needs service. Turn off the steam or coolant before you open “ Grades under Trailer Towing on engine. the hood. ” page 9‑64. Notice: Engine damage from If you keep driving when your If the overheat warning is displayed running the engine without engine is overheated, the liquids with no sign of steam: coolant is not covered by the in it can catch fire. You or others warranty. could be badly burned. Stop your 1. Turn the air conditioning off. Notice: If the engine catches engine if it overheats, and get out 2. Turn the heater on to the highest fire because of being driven with of the vehicle until the engine temperature and to the highest no coolant, your vehicle can is cool. fan speed. Open the windows as be badly damaged. The costly necessary. repairs would not be covered by the vehicle warranty. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (26,1)

10-26 Vehicle Care

3. In heavy traffic, let the engine Engine Fan Power Steering Fluid idle in N (Neutral) while stopped. If it is safe to do so, pull off This vehicle has a clutched engine the road, shift to P (Park) or cooling fan. When the clutch is N (Neutral) and let the engaged, the fan spins faster to engine idle. provide more air to cool the engine. In most everyday driving conditions, If the temperature overheat gauge the clutch is not engaged. This is no longer in the overheat zone improves fuel economy and reduces or an overheat warning no longer fan noise. Under heavy vehicle The power steering fluid reservoir is displays, the vehicle can be driven. loading, trailer towing and/or high located near the front of the engine Continue to drive the vehicle slowly outside temperatures, the fan speed compartment, behind the radiator. for about 10 minutes. Keep a safe increases when the clutch engages. See Engine Compartment Overview vehicle distance from the vehicle in So you may hear an increase in fan on page 10‑6 for reservoir location. front. If the warning does not come noise. This is normal and should back on, continue to drive normally. not be mistaken as the transmission When to Check Power Steering If the warning continues, pull slipping or making extra shifts. Fluid over, stop, and park the vehicle It is merely the cooling system It is not necessary to regularly right away. functioning properly. The fan will check power steering fluid unless slow down when additional cooling If there is no sign of steam, idle there is a leak suspected in the is not required and the clutch the engine for three minutes while system or an unusual noise is disengages. parked. If the warning is still heard. A fluid loss in this system displayed, turn off the engine This fan noise may also be heard could indicate a problem. Have the until it cools down. when the engine is started. It will go system inspected and repaired. away as the fan clutch disengages. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (27,1)

Vehicle Care 10-27

How to Check Power Steering What to Use Washer Fluid Fluid To determine what kind of fluid to What to Use 1. Turn the key off and let the use, see Recommended Fluids and engine compartment cool down. Lubricants on page 11‑6. Always When windshield washer fluid use the proper fluid. is needed, be sure to read the 2. Wipe the cap and the top of the manufacturer's instructions before reservoir clean. Notice: Use of the incorrect fluid use. If operating the vehicle in an may damage the vehicle and the 3. Unscrew the cap and wipe the area where the temperature may damages may not be covered by dipstick with a clean rag. fall below freezing, use a fluid that the vehicle's warranty. Always has sufficient protection against 4. Replace the cap and completely use the correct fluid listed in freezing. tighten it. Recommended Fluids and 5. Then remove the cap again and Lubricants on page 11‑6. look at the fluid level on the dipstick. The level should be between the ADD and FULL marks. If necessary, add only enough fluid to bring the level up to the proper range. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (28,1)

10-28 Vehicle Care

Adding Washer Fluid . Fill the washer fluid tank only three-quarters full { WARNING when it is very cold. This allows for fluid expansion The brake wear warning sound if freezing occurs, which means that soon the brakes will could damage the tank if not work well. That could lead to it is completely full. a crash. When the brake wear . Do not use engine coolant warning sound is heard, have the vehicle serviced. Open the cap with the washer (antifreeze) in the windshield symbol on it. Add washer fluid washer. It can damage the until the tank is full. See Engine windshield washer system Notice: Continuing to drive with Compartment Overview on and paint. worn-out brake pads could result page 10‑6 for reservoir location. in costly brake repair. Brakes Notice: Some driving conditions or climates This vehicle has front disc brakes can cause a brake squeal when the . When using concentrated and rear drum brakes. brakes are first applied or lightly washer fluid, follow the applied. This does not mean manufacturer's instructions Disc brake pads have built-in wear something is wrong with the brakes. for adding water. indicators that make a high-pitched warning sound when the brake pads Properly torqued wheel nuts are . Do not mix water with are worn and new pads are needed. necessary to help prevent brake ready-to-use washer fluid. The sound can come and go or be pulsation. When tires are rotated, Water can cause the solution heard all the time the vehicle is inspect brake pads for wear and to freeze and damage the moving, except when applying the evenly tighten wheel nuts in the washer fluid tank and other brake pedal firmly. proper sequence to torque parts of the washer system. specifications in Capacities and Also, water does not clean as Specifications on page 12 2. well as washer fluid. ‑ GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (29,1)

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Rear drum brakes do not have Brake Adjustment Brake Fluid wear indicators, but if a rear brake Every time the brakes are applied, rubbing noise is heard, have the with or without the vehicle moving, rear brake linings inspected the brakes adjust for wear. immediately. Rear brake drums should be removed and inspected Replacing Brake System Parts each time the tires are removed for rotation or changing. Drum brakes The braking system on a vehicle is have an inspection hole to inspect complex. Its many parts have to be lining wear during scheduled of top quality and work well together The brake master cylinder reservoir maintenance. When the front brake if the vehicle is to have really good is filled with DOT 3 brake fluid. See pads are replaced, have the rear braking. The vehicle was designed Engine Compartment Overview on brakes inspected, too. and tested with top-quality brake page 10‑6 for the location of the parts. When parts of the braking reservoir. Brake linings should always be system are replaced, be sure to get There are only two reasons why the replaced as complete axle sets. new, approved replacement parts. brake fluid level in the reservoir If this is not done, the brakes might Brake Pedal Travel might go down: not work properly. For example, See your dealer if the brake pedal installing disc brake pads that are . The brake fluid level goes down does not return to normal height, wrong for the vehicle, can change because of normal brake lining or if there is a rapid increase in the balance between the front and wear. When new linings are pedal travel. This could be a rear brakes — for the worse. The installed, the fluid level goes sign that brake service might be braking performance expected can back up. required. change in many other ways if the . A fluid leak in the brake wrong replacement brake parts are hydraulic system can also cause installed. a low fluid level. Have the brake hydraulic system fixed, since a leak means that sooner or later the brakes will not work well. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (30,1)

10-30 Vehicle Care

Do not top off the brake fluid. Checking Brake Fluid What to Add Adding fluid does not correct a leak. Check brake fluid by looking at the Use only new DOT 3 brake fluid If fluid is added when the linings brake fluid reservoir. See Engine from a sealed container. See are worn, there will be too much Compartment Overview on Recommended Fluids and fluid when new brake linings are page 10 6. Lubricants on page 11‑6. installed. Add or remove brake fluid, ‑ as necessary, only when work is Always clean the brake fluid done on the brake hydraulic system. reservoir cap and the area around the cap before removing it. This { WARNING helps keep dirt from entering the reservoir. If too much brake fluid is added, it can spill on the engine and burn, { WARNING if the engine is hot enough. You or others could be burned, and With the wrong kind of fluid in the vehicle could be damaged. the brake hydraulic system, the Add brake fluid only when work brakes might not work well. This is done on the brake hydraulic could cause a crash. Always use system. See “Checking Brake the proper brake fluid. The fluid level should be above the Fluid” in this section. PP mark. If it is not, have the brake hydraulic system checked to see if Refer to the Maintenance Schedule there is a leak. to determine when to check the brake fluid. See Scheduled After work is done on the brake hydraulic system, make sure the Maintenance on page 11‑2. level is above the PP mark but not over the MAX mark. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (31,1)

Vehicle Care 10-31

Notice: Infrequent Usage: Remove the { DANGER black, negative (−) cable from the . Using the wrong fluid can badly damage brake battery to keep the battery from Battery posts, terminals, and running down. hydraulic system parts. related accessories contain lead For example, just a few and lead compounds, chemicals Extended Storage: Remove the drops of mineral-based oil, known to the State of California to black, negative (−) cable from the such as engine oil, in the cause cancer and reproductive battery or use a battery trickle brake hydraulic system can harm. Wash hands after handling. charger. damage brake hydraulic system parts so badly that Four-Wheel Drive they will have to be replaced. Vehicle Storage Do not let someone put in Transfer Case the wrong kind of fluid. { WARNING When to Check Lubricant . If brake fluid is spilled on the Refer to the Maintenance Schedule vehicle's painted surfaces, Batteries have acid that can burn you and gas that can explode. to determine how often to check the paint finish can be the lubricant. See Scheduled damaged. Be careful not You can be badly hurt if you are Maintenance on page 11‑2. to spill brake fluid on the not careful. See Jump Starting on vehicle. If you do, wash it page 10‑90 for tips on working off immediately. around a battery without getting hurt. Battery Refer to the replacement number shown on the original battery label when a new battery is needed. See Engine Compartment Overview on page 10‑6 for battery location. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (32,1)

10-32 Vehicle Care

How to Check Lubricant need to be added. Remove the plug How to Check Lubricant To get an accurate reading, the and add enough lubricant to raise vehicle should be on a level the level to the bottom of the fill plug surface. hole. Use care not to overtighten the plug. What to Use See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants on page 11‑6. Front Axle When to Check and Change Lubricant It is not necessary to regularly To get an accurate reading, the check the front axle fluid unless vehicle should be on a level there is a leak suspected or an surface. A. Drain Plug unusual noise is heard. A fluid loss could indicate a problem. Have it If the level is below the bottom of B. Fill Plug inspected and repaired. the filler plug hole, located on the front axle, some lubricant may need If the level is below the bottom of to be added. the fill plug hole, located on the transfer case, some lubricant will When the differential is cold, add enough lubricant to raise the level to 12 mm (1/2 in) below the fill plug hole. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (33,1)

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When the differential is at operating How to Check Lubricant Starter Switch Check temperature (warm), add enough lubricant to raise the level to the bottom of the fill plug hole. { WARNING What to Use When you are doing this inspection, the vehicle could See Recommended Fluids and move suddenly. If the vehicle Lubricants on page 11 6. ‑ moves, you or others could be Rear Axle injured.

When to Check and Change 1. Before starting this check, be Lubricant sure there is enough room It is not necessary to regularly around the vehicle. check rear axle fluid unless there To get an accurate reading, the 2. Firmly apply both the parking is a leak suspected or an unusual vehicle should be on a level brake and the regular brake. noise is heard. A fluid loss could surface. See Parking Brake on indicate a problem. Have it page 9‑47. inspected and repaired. The proper level is from 0 mm to 10 mm (0 to 3/8 in) below the bottom Do not use the accelerator of the fill plug hole, located on the pedal, and be ready to turn off rear axle. the engine immediately if it starts. What to Use See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants on page 11‑6 to determine which kind of lubricant to use. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (34,1)

10-34 Vehicle Care

3. For automatic transmission Automatic Transmission regular brake, try to move the vehicles, try to start the engine shift lever out of P (Park) with in each gear. The vehicle Shift Lock Control normal effort. If the shift lever should start only in P (Park) or Function Check moves out of P (Park), contact N (Neutral). If the vehicle starts your dealer for service. in any other position, contact { WARNING your dealer for service. Ignition Transmission For manual transmission When you are doing this Lock Check vehicles, put the shift lever in inspection, the vehicle could While parked, and with the parking Neutral, push the clutch pedal move suddenly. If the vehicle brake set, try to turn the ignition down halfway, and try to start moves, you or others could be to LOCK/OFF in each shift lever the engine. The vehicle should injured. position. start only when the clutch pedal is pushed down all the way to 1. Before starting this check, be . For automatic transmission the floor. If the vehicle starts sure there is enough room vehicles, the ignition should turn when the clutch pedal is not around the vehicle. It should be to LOCK/OFF only when the pushed all the way down, parked on a level surface. shift lever is in P (Park). contact your dealer for service. 2. Firmly apply the parking . For manual transmission brake. See Parking Brake on vehicles, the ignition should turn to LOCK/OFF only when you page 9‑47. press the key release button. Be ready to apply the regular brake immediately if the vehicle On all vehicles, the ignition begins to move. key should come out only in LOCK/OFF. 3. With the engine off, turn the ignition on, but do not start the Contact your dealer if service is engine. Without applying the required. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (35,1)

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Park Brake and P (Park) Park on a fairly steep hill, with the Wiper Blade Replacement vehicle facing downhill. Keeping Mechanism Check your foot on the regular brake, set Windshield wiper blades should be the parking brake. inspected for wear and cracking. { See Scheduled Maintenance on WARNING . To check the parking brake's page 11‑2 for more information. When you are doing this check, holding ability: With the engine running and the transmission in Replacement blades come in the vehicle could begin to move. different types and are removed You or others could be injured N (Neutral), slowly remove foot pressure from the regular brake in different ways. For proper type and property could be damaged. pedal. Do this until the vehicle is and length, see Maintenance Make sure there is room in front held by the parking brake only. Replacement Parts on page 11‑9. of the vehicle in case it begins to roll. Be ready to apply the regular . To check the P (Park) Allowing the wiper blade arm to touch the windshield when no wiper brake at once should the vehicle mechanism's holding ability: blade is installed could damage the begin to move. With the engine running, shift to P (Park). Then release the windshield. Any damage that occurs parking brake followed by the would not be covered by the vehicle regular brake. warranty. Do not allow the wiper blade arm to touch the windshield. Contact your dealer if service is required. 1. To remove the old wiper blades, lift the wiper arm until it locks into a vertical position. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (36,1)

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3. Remove the insert from the way through the blade claws at blade assembly. The insert has the opposite end (B). The plastic two notches at one end that are caps (C) will be forced off as the locked by bottom claws of the insert is fully inserted. blade assembly. At the notched 5. Be sure that the notches are end, pull the insert from the locked by the bottom claws. blade assembly. Make sure that all other claws are properly locked on both sides of the insert slots.

A. Blade Assembly B. Arm Assembly C. Locking Tab D. Blade Pivot E. Hook Slot F. Arm Hook 2. Press down on the blade 4. To install the new wiper insert, assembly pivot locking tab. slide the insert (D), notched end Pull down on the blade last, into the end with two blade assembly to release it from claws (A). Slide the insert all the the wiper arm hook. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (37,1)

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Headlamp Aiming Bulb Replacement Headlamp aim has been preset at For the proper type of replacement the factory and should need no bulbs, see Replacement Bulbs on further adjustment. page 10‑41. However, if the vehicle is damaged For any bulb‐changing procedure in a crash, the headlamp aim may not listed in this section, contact be affected. Aim adjustment to your dealer. the low-beam headlamps may be necessary if oncoming drivers flash Halogen Bulbs their high-beam headlamps at you (for vertical aim). { A. Claw in Notch WARNING If the headlamps need to be B. Correct Installation re-aimed, it is recommended that Halogen bulbs have pressurized C. Incorrect Installation the vehicle be taken to the dealer gas inside and can burst if you for service. drop or scratch the bulb. You or 6. Put the blade assembly pivot in others could be injured. Be sure the wiper arm hook. Pull up until to read and follow the instructions the pivot locking tab locks in the on the bulb package. hook slot. 7. Carefully lower the wiper arm and blade assembly onto the windshield. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (38,1)

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Headlamps 8. Push the bulb socket straight in and turn it clockwise to secure it in the headlamp assembly. Front Turn Signal, Parking, and Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) To replace one of these bulbs: 1. Open the hood. See Hood on page 10‑5. 3. Turn the bulb socket counterclockwise to remove it A. Low-Beam Headlamp/Daytime from the headlamp assembly Running Lamps (DRL) and pull it straight out. B. High-Beam Headlamp 4. Unplug the electrical connector from the old bulb by releasing To replace one of these bulbs: the clips on the bulb socket. 1. Open the hood. See Hood on 5. Pull the old bulb straight out. page 10‑5. 6. Push the new bulb straight in 2. Reach in and access the bulb until it clicks to secure it. sockets from inside the engine compartment. 7. Plug in the electrical connector to the new bulb socket. 2. Reach in to access either one of the bulb sockets in the engine compartment. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (39,1)

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3. Turn the bulb socket Taillamps, Turn Signal, To replace one of these bulbs: counterclockwise and remove 1. Open the tailgate. See Tailgate it from the lamp assembly. Stoplamps, and Back-Up Lamps on page 2‑7. 4. Holding the socket, pull the old bulb to release it from the bulb socket. 5. Push the new bulb into the socket until it clicks. 6. Push the bulb socket straight into the lamp assembly and turn it clockwise to secure.

A. Stoplamp/Taillamp 2. Remove the two rear lamp assembly screws near the B. Turn Signal/Taillamp tailgate latch. C. Back‐up Lamp 3. Pull the lamp assembly away from the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (40,1)

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4. Turn the bulb socket Center High-Mounted 3. Holding the socket, pull the bulb counterclockwise to remove it Stoplamp (CHMSL) to release it from the socket. from the taillamp assembly. 4. Push the new bulb into the 5. Holding the socket, pull the old To replace the CHMSL bulb: socket until it clicks. bulb straight out to release it 1. Remove the two screws and lift 5. Insert the bulb socket into the from the socket. off the lamp assembly from the lamp assembly and turn it 6. Push the new bulb straight into vehicle. clockwise to secure. the socket until it clicks. 6. Reinstall the lamp assembly and 7. Insert the bulb socket into the tighten the screws. taillamp assembly and turn it clockwise to secure. 8. Reinstall the taillamp assembly and tighten the screws.

2. Turn the bulb socket counterclockwise and remove it from the lamp assembly. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (41,1)

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License Plate Lamp 3. Pull the old bulb straight out Bulb from the bulb socket. Exterior Lamp To replace one of these bulbs: Number 4. Push the new bulb straight in Headlamps until it clicks to secure it. High-beam 9005 5. Reach under the rear bumper to reinstall the bulb socket into the Low-beam/ connector. Daytime 9006 6. Turn the bulb socket clockwise Running to secure it to the connector. Lamp (DRL) Parking/Front Turn 3757KA Replacement Bulbs Signal Bulb Parking Lamp Exterior Lamp 3157A Number (Inboard) Cargo Lamp Stoplamp, Rear 1. Reach under the rear bumper for and Center Turn Signal, 912LL 3057 the bulb socket. High‐Mounted Taillamp, and 2. Turn the bulb socket Stoplamp (CHMSL) Back‐up Lamp counterclockwise and pull the License Plate Bulb 168LL bulb socket out of the connector. For replacement bulbs not listed here, contact your dealer. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (42,1)

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Electrical System Fuses and circuit breakers protect Windshield Wipers the following in the vehicle: If the wiper motor overheats due to Electrical System . Headlamp Wiring heavy snow or ice, the windshield Overload . Windshield Wiper Motor wipers will stop until the motor cools and will then restart. The vehicle has fuses and circuit . Power Windows and Other Although the circuit is protected breakers to protect against an Power Accessories from electrical overload, overload electrical system overload. Replace a bad fuse with a new one due to heavy snow or ice may When the current electrical load is of the identical size and rating. cause wiper linkage damage. too heavy, the circuit breaker opens If there is a problem on the road and Always clear ice and heavy snow and closes, protecting the circuit a fuse needs to be replaced, the from the windshield before using the until the current load returns to same amperage fuse can be windshield wipers. normal or the problem is fixed. borrowed. Choose some feature of If the overload is caused by an This greatly reduces the chance of the vehicle that is not needed to use electrical problem and not snow or circuit overload and fire caused by and replace it as soon as possible. ice, be sure to get it fixed. electrical problems. Headlamp Wiring An electrical overload may cause the lamps to go on and off, or in some cases to remain off. Have the headlamp wiring checked right away if the lamps go on and off or remain off. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (43,1)

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Fuses and Circuit Engine Compartment To remove the cover, push in on the tab on the end of the cover and lift. Breakers Fuse Block To reinstall the cover, line up the tab The wiring circuits in the vehicle are and push down on the cover until protected from short circuits by a the tab clicks into place. combination of fuses and circuit Notice: Spilling liquid on any breakers. This greatly reduces the electrical component on the chance of fires caused by electrical vehicle may damage it. Always problems. keep the covers on any electrical Look at the silver-colored band component. inside the fuse. If the band is broken or melted, replace the fuse. Be sure you replace a bad fuse with a new one of the identical size and rating. If you ever have a problem on the road and do not have a spare fuse, The engine compartment fuse block you can borrow one that has the is located on the driver side of the same amperage. Just pick some engine compartment. See Engine feature of the vehicle that you can Compartment Overview on get along without — like the radio page 10‑6 for more information or cigarette lighter — and use its on location. fuse, if it is the correct amperage. Replace it as soon as you can. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (44,1)

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Fuses Usage A/C Air Conditioning CMPRSR Compressor Antilock Brake System (ABS), ABS ABS Module, Four‐Wheel Drive, Gravity Sensor ABS 1 ABS 1 (ABS Logic) ABS 2 ABS 2 (ABS Pump) The trailer brake relay is located AUX PWR 1 Accessory Power 1 on the bottom side of the battery harness. AUX PWR 2 Accessory Power 2 Fuses Usage BCK/UP Back-up Lights Climate Oxygen Sensors, BLWR Air Injection Control Fan O2 SNSR Reactor (AIR) CLSTR Cluster Relay CNSTR Fuel Canister Air Conditioning VENT Vent Solenoid A/C Control Head, Power Seats GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (45,1)

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Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Cruise Control Electronic Throttle Ignition, Clutch ETC Switch, Inside Control (ETC) Starter Switch, Rearview Mirror, Neutral Safety Fog Lamps CRUISE Transfer Case FOG/LAMP IGN Back Up Switch, (If Equipped) ‐ Control Module, Ignition Coils 1‐5, Brake Switch, Front Park/Turn Air Conditioning Clutch Disable Lamps, Driver and Relay FRT Passenger Side Power Door PRK LAMP INJ Injectors DR/LCK Power Window Locks (If Equipped) Switches Lighting Driver Side LT HDLP Daylight Running Headlamp DRL FRT/AXLE Front Axle Actuator Lamps Power Control Fuel System PCM B Mass Air FSCM Module (PCM) B Control Module Flow (MAF) Power Control Sensor, Can BACKUP PCMI Backup Lamp Module (PCM) ERLS Purge Solenoid, LAMP Air Injector Power Seat HORN Horn Reactor (AIR) PWR/SEAT Circuit Breaker Heated Seat (If Equipped) Relay HTD/SEAT (If Equipped) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (46,1)

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Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Power Windows Regulated Voltage Turn/Hazard/ PWR/WNDW RVC TRN/ (If Equipped) Control Courtesy/Cargo HAZRD FRT Lamps/Mirrors RDO Radio S/ROOF Not Used TRN/ Rear Parking STOP Stop Lamps Rear Turn/Hazard HAZRD Lamp 1, Passenger Lights REAR Starter Solenoid REAR Side Taillamp, STRTR PRK LAMP Relay License Plate Vehicle Stability Lamps Truck Body VSES/STOP Enhancement TBC Controller System/Stop Driver Side Rear Taillamp, Transmission WPR Wiper TCM Passenger Control Module Wiper/Washer Side Airbag WSW REAR PRK Transfer Case Switch Indicator Lighting, TCCM LAMP2 Control Module Instrument Panel TRAILER Dimming Power Trailer Brake (2WD/4WD switch BRAKE lighting) Transmission TRANS Passenger Side Solenoid RT HDLP Headlamp GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (47,1)

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Relays Usage Relays Usage Relays Usage A/C Air Conditioning Front Parking Run/Crank, Airbag CMPRSR Compressor PRK/LAMP Lamp Fuse, Rear System Fuse, Parking Lamps Cruise Control Backup Lamp Backup Lamp Fuse, Ignition Powertrain, BEAM SEL Beam Selection Fuse, Back-Up Electronic RUN/CRNK Lamps, ABS Fuse, Daylight PWR/TRN Throttle Control DRL Front Axle, PCM-1, Running Lamps Fuse, Oxygen Injectors Fuse, Fog Lamps Sensor Fuse FOG/LAMP Transmission (If Equipped) Retained Fuse, ERLS Accessory HDLP Headlamps Starter Relay Power (Power STRTR RAP (PCM Relay) HORN Horn Window Fuse, Ignition 3, Climate Wiper/Washer Vehicle Stability Control, Climate Switch Fuse) VSES Enhancement IGN 3 HVAC Control Head System Fuse, Power WPR Wipers (On/Off) Seat Fuse WPR 2 Wiper 2 (High/Low) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (48,1)

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Miscellaneous Usage Diode — Air A/C CLTCH Conditioning, Clutch MEGA FUSE Mega Fuse WPR Diode — Wiper

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Fuses Usage A Trailer Park Lamp Communication B Interface Module Supplemental Inflatable Restraint C System, Sensing and Diagnostic Module Trailer Auxiliary D Maxi-Fuse

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Wheels and Tires WARNING (Continued) WARNING (Continued) Tires . Under inflated tires pose the . Improperly repaired tires same danger as overloaded can cause a crash. Only the This new vehicle comes with tires. The resulting crash dealer or an authorized tire high-quality tires made by a could cause serious injury. service center should repair, leading tire manufacturer. If you Check all tires frequently to replace, dismount, and mount ever have questions about your maintain the recommended the tires. pressure. Tire pressure tire warranty and where to . Do not spin the tires in obtain service, see the vehicle should be checked when the excess of 55 km/h (35 mph) Warranty booklet for details. For tires are cold. on slippery surfaces such additional information refer to . Over inflated tires are as snow, mud, ice, etc. the tire manufacturer. more likely to be cut, Excessive spinning may punctured, or broken by a cause the tires to explode. { WARNING sudden impact — such as when you hit a pothole. Keep . Poorly maintained and tires at the recommended Tire Sidewall Labeling improperly used tires are pressure. Useful information about a tire dangerous. . Worn or old tires can cause is molded into its sidewall. The . Overloading the tires can a crash. If the tread is badly examples below show a typical cause overheating as a result worn, replace them. passenger vehicle tire and a of too much flexing. You . Replace any tires that have compact spare tire sidewall. could have a blowout and a been damaged by impacts serious accident. See Vehicle with potholes, curbs, etc. Load Limits on page 9‑22. (Continued) (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (51,1)

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(B) TPC Spec (Tire tire size, and date the tire was Performance Criteria manufactured. The TIN is Specification): Original molded onto both sides of the equipment tires designed to tire, although only one side may GM's specific tire performance have the date of manufacture. criteria have a TPC specification (E) Tire Ply Material: The type code molded onto the sidewall. of cord and number of plies in GM's TPC specifications meet the sidewall and under the tread. or exceed all federal safety guidelines. (F) Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG): Tire (C) DOT (Department of Passenger (P Metric) Tire Example manufacturers are required ‐ Transportation): The to grade tires based on (A) Tire Size: The tire size is Department of Transportation three performance factors: a combination of letters and (DOT) code indicates that treadwear, traction, and numbers used to define a the tire is in compliance temperature resistance. For particular tire's width, height, with the U.S. Department of more information see Uniform aspect ratio, construction type, Transportation Motor Vehicle Tire Quality Grading on Safety Standards. and service description. See the page 10‑68. “Tire Size” illustration later in this (D) Tire Identification Number section for more detail. (G) Maximum Cold Inflation (TIN): The letters and numbers Load Limit: Maximum load following the DOT (Department that can be carried and the of Transportation) code is the maximum pressure needed to Tire Identification Number support that load. (TIN). The TIN shows the manufacturer and plant code, GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (52,1)

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has a compact spare tire, 420 kPa (60 psi). For more see Compact Spare Tire on information on tire pressure and page 10‑88 and If a Tire Goes inflation see Tire Pressure on Flat on page 10‑72. page 10‑56. (C) Tire Identification Number (F) Tire Size: A combination of (TIN): The letters and numbers letters and numbers define a following the DOT (Department tire's width, height, aspect ratio, of Transportation) code is construction type, and service the Tire Identification Number description. The letter T as the (TIN). The TIN shows the first character in the tire size manufacturer and plant code, means the tire is for temporary Compact Spare Tire Example tire size, and date the tire was use only. (A) Tire Ply Material: The type manufactured. The TIN is (G) TPC Spec (Tire of cord and number of plies in molded onto both sides of the Performance Criteria the sidewall and under the tread. tire, although only one side may Specification): Original have the date of manufacture. (B) Temporary Use Only: equipment tires designed to The compact spare tire or (D) Maximum Cold Inflation GM's specific tire performance temporary use tire has a tread Load Limit: Maximum load criteria have a TPC specification life of approximately 5 000 km that can be carried and the code molded onto the sidewall. (3,000 miles) and should not be maximum pressure needed to GM's TPC specifications meet driven at speeds over 105 km/h support that load. or exceed all federal safety (65 mph). The compact spare (E) Tire Inflation: The guidelines. tire is for emergency use when temporary use tire or compact a regular road tire has lost air spare tire should be inflated to and gone flat. If your vehicle GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (53,1)

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Tire Designations (C) Aspect Ratio: A two‐digit is certified to carry. The speed number that indicates the tire rating is the maximum speed a Tire Size height‐to‐width measurements. tire is certified to carry a load. The following illustration shows For example, if the tire size an example of a typical aspect ratio is 60, as shown in Tire Terminology and passenger vehicle tire size. item C of the illustration, it would Definitions mean that the tire's sidewall is 60 percent as high as it is wide. Air Pressure: The amount of air inside the tire pressing (D) Construction Code: A outward on each square inch letter code is used to indicate of the tire. Air pressure is the type of ply construction in expressed in psi (pounds per the tire. The letter R means square inch) or kPa (kilopascal). radial ply construction; the (A) Passenger (P‐Metric) Tire: Accessory Weight: This The United States version of a letter D means diagonal or bias ply construction; and the means the combined weight metric tire sizing system. The of optional accessories. letter P as the first character in letter B means belted‐bias ply construction. Some examples of optional the tire size means a passenger accessories are, automatic vehicle tire engineered to (E) Rim Diameter: Diameter of transmission, power steering, standards set by the U.S. Tire the wheel in inches. power brakes, power windows, and Rim Association. (F) Service Description: These power seats, and air (B) Tire Width: The three‐digit characters represent the load conditioning. number indicates the tire section index and speed rating of the Aspect Ratio: The relationship width in millimeters from tire. The load index represents of a tire's height to its width. sidewall to sidewall. the load carrying capacity a tire GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (54,1)

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Belt: A rubber coated layer of Curb Weight: The weight of a GAWR FRT: Gross Axle cords that is located between motor vehicle with standard and Weight Rating for the front axle. the plies and the tread. Cords optional equipment including the See Vehicle Load Limits on may be made from steel or other maximum capacity of fuel, oil, page 9‑22. reinforcing materials. and coolant, but without GAWR RR: Gross Axle Bead: The tire bead contains passengers and cargo. Weight Rating for the rear axle. steel wires wrapped by steel DOT Markings: A code See Vehicle Load Limits on cords that hold the tire onto molded into the sidewall of a page 9‑22. the rim. tire signifying that the tire is Intended Outboard Sidewall: Bias Ply Tire: A pneumatic tire in compliance with the U.S. The side of an asymmetrical tire, in which the plies are laid at Department of Transportation that must always face outward alternate angles less than (DOT) motor vehicle safety when mounted on a vehicle. standards. The DOT code 90 degrees to the centerline Kilopascal (kPa): The metric of the tread. includes the Tire Identification Number (TIN), an alphanumeric unit for air pressure. Cold Tire Pressure: The designator which can also Light Truck (LT‐Metric) Tire: amount of air pressure in a tire, identify the tire manufacturer, A tire used on light duty trucks measured in kPa (kilopascal) production plant, brand, and and some multipurpose or psi (pounds per square inch) date of production. passenger vehicles. before a tire has built up heat from driving. See Tire Pressure GVWR: Gross Vehicle Weight Load Index: An assigned Rating. See Vehicle Load Limits on page 10‑56. number ranging from 1 to 279 on page 9‑22. that corresponds to the load carrying capacity of a tire. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (55,1)

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Maximum Inflation Pressure: Outward Facing Sidewall: The Radial Ply Tire: A pneumatic The maximum air pressure to side of an asymmetrical tire that tire in which the ply cords that which a cold tire can be inflated. has a particular side that faces extend to the beads are laid at The maximum air pressure is outward when mounted on a 90 degrees to the centerline of molded onto the sidewall. vehicle. The side of the tire the tread. Maximum Load Rating: The that contains a whitewall, Rim: A metal support for a tire load rating for a tire at the bears white lettering, or bears and upon which the tire beads maximum permissible inflation manufacturer, brand, and/or are seated. pressure for that tire. model name molding that is higher or deeper than the same Sidewall: The portion of a tire Maximum Loaded Vehicle moldings on the other sidewall between the tread and the bead. Weight: The sum of curb of the tire. Speed Rating: An weight, accessory weight, Passenger (P-Metric) Tire: alphanumeric code assigned vehicle capacity weight, and to a tire indicating the maximum production options weight. A tire used on passenger cars and some light duty trucks and speed at which a tire can Normal Occupant Weight: The multipurpose vehicles. operate. number of occupants a vehicle Recommended Inflation Traction: The friction between is designed to seat multiplied by the tire and the road surface. 68 kg (150 lbs). See Vehicle Pressure: Vehicle manufacturer's recommended The amount of grip provided. Load Limits on page 9‑22. tire inflation pressure as shown Tread: The portion of a tire Occupant Distribution: on the tire placard. See Tire that comes into contact with Designated seating positions. Pressure on page 10‑56 the road. andVehicle Load Limits on page 9‑22. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (56,1)

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Treadwear Indicators: Narrow Vehicle Capacity Weight: Tire Pressure bands, sometimes called wear The number of designated bars, that show across the tread seating positions multiplied by Tires need the correct amount of a tire when only 1.6 mm 68 kg (150 lbs) plus the rated of air pressure to operate (1/16 inch) of tread remains. cargo load. See Vehicle Load effectively. See When It Is Time for New Limits on page 9‑22. Notice: Do not let anyone tell Tires on page 10‑65. Vehicle Maximum Load on the you that underinflation or overinflation is all right. It is UTQGS (Uniform Tire Quality Tire: Load on an individual tire not. If the tires do not have Grading Standards): A tire due to curb weight, accessory information system that provides weight, occupant weight, and enough air (underinflation), consumers with ratings for cargo weight. you can get the following: . Tire overloading and a tire's traction, temperature, Vehicle Placard: A label and treadwear. Ratings permanently attached to a over-heating which could are determined by tire vehicle showing the vehicle's lead to a blowout. manufacturers using capacity weight and the . Premature or government testing procedures. original equipment tire size irregular wear. The ratings are molded into and recommended inflation the sidewall of the tire. See . Poor handling. pressure. See “Tire and Loading Uniform Tire Quality Grading on . Information Label” under Vehicle Reduced fuel economy. page 10 68. ‑ Load Limits on page 9‑22. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (57,1)

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If the tires have too much air For additional information How to Check (overinflation), you can get the regarding how much weight Use a good quality pocket-type following: your vehicle can carry, and an gauge to check tire pressure. example of the Tire and Loading . Unusual wear. You cannot tell if your tires are Information label, see Vehicle properly inflated simply by . Poor handling. Load Limits on page 9‑22. How looking at them. Radial tires may . Rough ride. you load your vehicle affects look properly inflated even when vehicle handling and ride . they are underinflated. Check Needless damage from comfort. Never load your vehicle road hazards. the tire's inflation pressure when with more weight than it was the tires are cold. Cold means A vehicle specific Tire and designed to carry. your vehicle has been sitting for Loading Information label is When to Check at least three hours or driven no attached to your vehicle. This more than 1 mile (1.6 km). label shows your vehicle's Check your tires once a month original equipment tires and the or more. Also check the tire Remove the valve cap from the correct inflation pressures for pressure of the spare tire. tire valve stem. Press the tire your tires when they are cold. If your vehicle has a compact gauge firmly onto the valve to The recommended cold tire spare tire, it should be at 60 psi get a pressure measurement. inflation pressure, shown on the (420 kPa). See Compact Spare If the cold tire inflation pressure label, is the minimum amount of Tire on page 10‑88 and matches the recommended air pressure needed to support Full-Size Spare Tire on pressure on the Tire and your vehicle's maximum load page 10‑89 for additional Loading Information label, no carrying capacity. information. further adjustment is necessary. If the inflation pressure is low, add air until you reach the recommended amount. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (58,1)

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If you overfill the tire, release air Set the cold inflation pressure to the by pushing on the metal stem WARNING (Continued) maximum inflation pressure shown in the center of the tire valve. on the tire sidewall, or 35 psi Recheck the tire pressure with You could have a crash and you (241 kPa), whichever is lower. See the tire gauge. or others could be killed. Some the example following. When you high-speed rated tires require end this high-speed driving, return Be sure to put the valve caps inflation pressure adjustment for the tires to the cold tire inflation back on the valve stems. They high speed operation. When pressure shown on the Tire and help prevent leaks by keeping speed limits and road conditions Loading Information label. See out dirt and moisture. are such that a vehicle can be Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑22 driven at high speeds, make sure and Tire Pressure on page 10‑56. Tire Pressure for the tires are rated for high speed Example: operation, in excellent condition, High-Speed Operation You will find the maximum load and and set to the correct cold tire inflation pressure molded on the inflation pressure for the { WARNING tire's sidewall, in small letters, vehicle load. near the rim flange. It will read Driving at high speeds, 160 km/h something like this: Maximum load (100 mph) or higher, puts an If your vehicle has P235/50R18 size 690 kg (1521 lbs) 300 kPa (44 psi) additional strain on tires. tires, they will require inflation Max. Press. Sustained high-speed driving pressure adjustment when For this example, you would set the causes excessive heat build up driving your vehicle at speeds of inflation pressure for high‐speed and can cause sudden tire failure. 100 mph (160 km/h) or higher. driving at 35 psi (241 kPa). (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (59,1)

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Tire Pressure Monitor pressure telltale when one or The TPMS malfunction indicator is System more of your tires is significantly combined with the low tire pressure under‐inflated. telltale. When the system detects a The Tire Pressure Monitor System Accordingly, when the low tire malfunction, the telltale will flash for (TPMS) uses radio and sensor pressure telltale illuminates, you approximately one minute and then technology to check tire pressure should stop and check your tires as remain continuously illuminated. levels. The TPMS sensors monitor soon as possible, and inflate them This sequence will continue upon the air pressure in your tires and to the proper pressure. Driving on subsequent vehicle start‐ups as transmit tire pressure readings to a long as the malfunction exists. a significantly under‐inflated tire receiver located in the vehicle. causes the tire to overheat and can When the malfunction indicator is Each tire, including the spare lead to tire failure. Under‐inflation illuminated, the system may not (if provided), should be checked also reduces fuel efficiency and be able to detect or signal low monthly when cold and inflated to tire tread life, and may affect the tire pressure as intended. TPMS the inflation pressure recommended vehicle's handling and stopping malfunctions may occur for a variety by the vehicle manufacturer on ability. of reasons, including the installation the vehicle placard or tire inflation Please note that the TPMS is of replacement or alternate tires or pressure label. (If your vehicle has not a substitute for proper tire wheels on the vehicle that prevent tires of a different size than the size maintenance, and it is the driver's the TPMS from functioning properly. indicated on the vehicle placard or responsibility to maintain correct tire Always check the TPMS malfunction tire inflation pressure label, you telltale after replacing one or more pressure, even if under‐inflation should determine the proper tire has not reached the level to trigger tires or wheels on your vehicle to inflation pressure for those tires.) illumination of the TPMS low tire ensure that the replacement or alternate tires and wheels allow the As an added safety feature, your pressure telltale. TPMS to continue to function vehicle has been equipped with a Your vehicle has also been properly. tire pressure monitoring system equipped with a TPMS malfunction (TPMS) that illuminates a low tire indicator to indicate when the See Tire Pressure Monitor system is not operating properly. Operation on page 10‑60 for additional information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (60,1)

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Federal Communications For additional information and Commission (FCC) and details about the DIC operation Industry Canada and displays see Driver Information Center (DIC) on page 5‑21 and Tire See Radio Frequency Statement on Messages on page 5‑28. page 13‑19 for information regarding Part 15 of the Federal The low tire pressure warning light Communications Commission (FCC) When a low tire pressure condition may come on in cool weather when rules and Industry Canada is detected, the TPMS illuminates the vehicle is first started, and then Standards RSS-210/220/310. the low tire pressure warning light turn off as you start to drive. This located on the instrument panel could be an early indicator that the Tire Pressure Monitor cluster. air pressure in the tire(s) are getting low and need to be inflated to the Operation If the warning light comes on, stop as soon as possible and inflate proper pressure. This vehicle may have a Tire the tires to the recommended A Tire and Loading Information Pressure Monitor System (TPMS). pressure shown on the tire loading label, attached to your vehicle, The TPMS is designed to warn the information label. See Vehicle Load shows the size of your vehicle's driver when a low tire pressure Limits on page 9‑22. original equipment tires and the condition exists. TPMS sensors are At the same time, a Driver correct inflation pressure for mounted onto each tire and wheel Information Center (DIC) message your vehicle's tires when they are assembly on your vehicle, excluding is displayed on the DIC display cold. See Vehicle Load Limits on the spare tire. The TPMS sensors screen. The low tire pressure page 9‑22, for an example of the monitor the air pressure in your warning light and the DIC warning Tire and Loading Information label vehicle's tires and transmit the tire message come on at each ignition and its location on your vehicle. pressure readings to a receiver cycle until the tires are inflated to Also see Tire Pressure on located in the vehicle. the correct inflation pressure. page 10‑56. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (61,1)

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Your vehicle's TPMS can warn you cycle. A DIC warning message is . One or more TPMS sensors about a low tire pressure condition also displayed. The low tire warning are missing or damaged. The but it does not replace normal tire light and DIC warning message DIC message and the TPMS maintenance. See Tire Inspection come on at each ignition cycle until malfunction light should go on page 10‑63, Tire Rotation on the problem is corrected. Some of off when the TPMS sensors page 10‑63 and Tires on the conditions that can cause the are installed and the sensor page 10‑50. malfunction light and DIC message matching process is performed to come on are: successfully. See your dealer for Notice: Tire sealant materials are service. not all the same. A non-approved . One of the road tires has been tire sealant could damage the Tire replaced with the spare tire. . Replacement tires or wheels do Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) The spare tire does not have not match your vehicle's original sensors. TPMS sensor damage a TPMS sensor. The TPMS equipment tires or wheels. Tires caused by using an incorrect tire malfunction light and DIC and wheels other than those sealant is not covered by the message should go off once you recommended for your vehicle vehicle warranty. Always use only re‐install the road tire containing could prevent the TPMS from the GM approved tire sealant the TPMS sensor. functioning properly. See Buying available through your dealer or New Tires on page 10‑65. . The TPMS sensor matching included in the vehicle. process was started but not . Operating electronic devices or TPMS Malfunction Light and completed or not completed being near facilities using radio wave frequencies similar to the Message successfully after rotating the vehicle's tires. The DIC message TPMS could cause the TPMS The TPMS will not function properly and TPMS malfunction light sensors to malfunction. if one or more of the TPMS sensors should go off once the TPMS If the TPMS is not functioning it are missing or inoperable. When the sensor matching process is cannot detect or signal a low tire system detects a malfunction, the performed successfully. See condition. See your dealer for low tire warning light flashes for “TPMS Sensor Matching service if the TPMS malfunction about one minute and then stays Process” later in this section. light and DIC message comes on on for the remainder of the ignition and stays on. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (62,1)

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TPMS Sensor Matching You have one minute to match The TPMS warning light should Process the first tire/wheel position, and continue flashing throughout the five minutes overall, to match all matching procedure. The LOW Each TPMS sensor has a unique four tire/wheel positions. If it takes TIRE message displays on the identification code. Any time you longer than one minute, to match Driver Information Center (DIC). replace one or more of the TPMS the first tire and wheel, or more than sensors or rotate your vehicle's 4. Start with the driver side five minutes to match all four tire front tire. tires, the identification codes need and wheel positions, the matching to be matched to the new tire/wheel process stops and you need to 5. Remove the valve cap from the position. The sensors are matched start over. valve cap stem. Activate the to the tire/wheel positions in the TPMS sensor by increasing or following order: driver side front tire, The TPMS sensor matching decreasing the tire's air pressure passenger side front tire, passenger procedure is outlined below: for 10 seconds, then stop and side rear tire, and driver side rear 1. Set the parking brake. listen for a single horn chirp. The tire using a TPMS diagnostic tool. single horn chirp should sound See your dealer for service. 2. Turn the ignition switch to ON/RUN with the engine off. within 15 seconds, confirming The TPMS sensors can also be that the sensor identification matched to each tire/wheel position 3. Turn the exterior lamp switch code has been matched to this by increasing or decreasing the from AUTO to OFF four times tire and wheel position. If you do tire's air pressure. If increasing the within three seconds. A double not hear the confirming single tire's air pressure, do not exceed horn chirp will sound and the horn chirp, turn the ignition the maximum inflation pressure TPMS low tire warning light switch to LOCK and start over indicated on the tire's sidewall. To starts flashing. The double beginning with Step 2. horn chirp and flashing TPMS let air-pressure out of a tire you can 6. Proceed to the passenger use the pointed end of the valve warning light indicates the TPMS matching process has started. side front tire, and repeat the cap, a pencil-style air pressure procedure in Step 5. gauge, or a key. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (63,1)

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7. Proceed to the passenger 10. Set all four tires to the . The tread or sidewall is side rear tire, and repeat the recommended air pressure cracked, cut, or snagged procedure in Step 5. level as indicated on the Tire deep enough to show cord 8. Proceed to the driver side rear and Loading Information label. or fabric. tire, and repeat the procedure in 11. Put the valve caps back on the . The tire has a bump, bulge, Step 5. valve stems. or split. 9. After hearing the confirming horn . The tire has a puncture, cut, chirp for the driver side rear tire, Tire Inspection or other damage that cannot check to see if the TPMS low tire We recommend that you warning light and the DIC LOW be repaired well because of regularly inspect the vehicle's the size or location of the TIRE messages have turned off. tires, including the spare tire, If yes, the TPMS sensors have damage. been relearned. Turn the ignition if the vehicle has one, for signs switch to LOCK/OFF. of wear or damage at least once Tire Rotation a month. If the low tire warning light and Tires should be rotated every the SERV TPM message on the Always remove the tires if any 12 000 km (7,500 miles). See DIC are on after completing of the following statements Scheduled Maintenance on Step 5 for the driver side rear are true: page 11 2. tire, the sensor relearn process ‑ . has not been successful. Turn You can see the indicators at The purpose of a regular tire the ignition switch to LOCK/OFF three or more places around rotation is to achieve a uniform and repeat the matching process the tire. wear for all tires on the vehicle. beginning with Step 2. . You can see cord or fabric This will ensure that the vehicle showing through the tire's continues to perform most like it rubber. did when the tires were new. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (64,1)

10-64 Vehicle Care

Any time you notice unusual The compact spare tire, if the wear, rotate the tires as soon vehicle has one, is not included { WARNING as possible and check wheel in the tire rotation. Rust or dirt on a wheel, or on the alignment. Also check for After the tires have been parts to which it is fastened, can damaged tires or wheels. See rotated, adjust the front and rear make wheel nuts become loose When It Is Time for New Tires inflation pressures as shown on after time. The wheel could come on page 10‑65 and Wheel the Tire and Loading Information off and cause an accident. When Replacement on page 10‑70. label. See Tire Pressure on changing a wheel, remove any page 10‑56 and Vehicle Load rust or dirt from places where the wheel attaches to the vehicle. In Limits on page 9‑22. an emergency, use a cloth or a Reset the Tire Pressure Monitor paper towel to do this; but be sure System. See Tire Pressure to use a scraper or wire brush Monitor Operation on later, if needed, to get all the rust page 10‑60. or dirt off. See If a Tire Goes Flat Make certain that all wheel on page 10‑72. nuts are properly tightened. See “Wheel Nut Torque” under Lightly coat the center of the Capacities and Specifications on wheel hub with wheel bearing page 12‑2. grease after a wheel change or When rotating the vehicle's tires, tire rotation to prevent corrosion always use the correct rotation or rust build-up. Do not get pattern shown here. grease on the flat wheel mounting surface or on the wheel nuts or bolts. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (65,1)

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When It Is Time for New See Tire Inspection on page 10‑63 Parking for an extended period can and Tire Rotation on page 10‑63 for cause flat spots on the tires that Tires additional information. may result in vibrations while Various factors, such as The rubber in tires ages over time. driving. When storing a vehicle for maintenance, temperatures, driving This is also true for the spare tire, at least a month, remove the tires speeds, vehicle loading, and road if the vehicle has one, even if it is or raise the vehicle to reduce the conditions influence when you need not being used. Multiple conditions weight from the tires. new tires. affect how fast this aging takes place, including temperatures, Buying New Tires loading conditions, and inflation GM has developed and matched pressure maintenance. Tires will specific tires for your vehicle. The typically need to be replaced due to original equipment tires installed wear before they may need to be on your vehicle, when it was new, replaced due to age. Consult the tire were designed to meet General manufacturer for more information Motors Tire Performance Criteria on when tires should be replaced. Specification (TPC spec) system Vehicle Storage rating. If you need replacement tires, GM strongly recommends that Tires age when stored normally you get tires with the same TPC mounted on a parked vehicle. Park Spec rating. This way, your vehicle a vehicle that will be stored for at will continue to have tires that One way to tell when it is time for least a month in a cool, dry, clean are designed to give the same new tires is to check the treadwear area away from direct sunlight to performance and vehicle safety, indicators, which appear when the slow aging. This area should be during normal use, as the original tires have only 1.6 mm (1/16 in) or free of grease, gasoline or other tires. less of tread remaining. Some substances that can deteriorate commercial truck tires may not rubber. have treadwear indicators. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (66,1)

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GM's exclusive TPC Spec system considers over a dozen critical { WARNING WARNING (Continued) specifications that impact the overall performance of your Tires could explode during vehicle. Be sure to use the vehicle, including brake system improper service. You or others correct size, brand, and type of performance, ride and handling, could be injured or killed if you tires on all wheels. traction control, and tire pressure attempt to mount or dismount Your vehicle may have a compact monitoring performance. GM's TPC a tire. Only your dealer or an spare tire and wheel assembly. Spec number is molded onto the authorized tire service center It is all right to drive with your tire's sidewall near the tire size. should mount and dismount the vehicle's compact spare tire If the tires have an all‐season tread tires. temporarily. It was developed design, the TPC spec number will for use on your vehicle. See be followed by an MS for mud and Compact Spare Tire on snow. See Tire Sidewall Labeling on page 10‑88. page 10‑50 for additional { WARNING information. Mixing tires could cause you to GM recommends replacing tires in lose control of your vehicle while sets of four. This is because uniform driving. If you mix tires of different { WARNING tread depth on all tires will help sizes, brands, or types (radial keep your vehicle performing most If you use bias-ply tires on the and bias-belted tires) the vehicle vehicle, the wheel rim flanges like it did when the tires were new. may not handle properly, and you could develop cracks after Replacing less than a full set of tires could have a crash. Using tires of can affect the braking and handling different sizes, brands, or types many miles of driving. A tire performance of your vehicle. See may also cause damage to your and/or wheel could fail Tire Inspection on page 10‑63 and suddenly, causing a crash. Tire Rotation on page 10‑63 for (Continued) Use only radial-ply tires with information on proper tire rotation. the wheels on the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (67,1)

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If you must replace your vehicle's Your vehicle's original equipment tires with those that do not have a tires are listed on the Tire and { WARNING TPC Spec number, make sure they Loading Information Label. See If you add different sized are the same size, load range, Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑22, speed rating, and construction type for more information about the Tire wheels, the vehicle may not (radial and bias‐belted tires) as your and Loading Information Label and provide an acceptable level of vehicle's original tires. its location on your vehicle. performance and safety if tires not recommended for those wheels Vehicles that have a tire pressure are selected. You may increase monitoring system could give an Different Size Tires and the chance that you will crash and inaccurate low pressure warning ‐ Wheels suffer serious injury. Only use GM if non TPC Spec rated tires are ‐ If you add wheels or tires that are installed on your vehicle. Non TPC specific wheel and tire systems ‐ a different size than the original Spec rated tires may give a developed for the vehicle, and equipment wheels and tires, this low pressure warning that is higher have them properly installed by a ‐ could affect the way the vehicle or lower than the proper warning GM certified technician. performs, including its braking, level you would get with TPC Spec ride and handling characteristics, rated tires. See Tire Pressure stability, and resistance to rollover. See Buying New Tires on Monitor System on page 10 59. ‑ Additionally, if the vehicle has page 10‑65 and Accessories and electronic systems such as antilock Modifications on page 10‑3 for brakes, rollover airbags, traction additional information. control, and electronic stability control, the performance of these systems can be affected. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (68,1)

10-68 Vehicle Care

Uniform Tire Quality to deep tread, winter-type snow Treadwear Grading tires, space-saver, or temporary The treadwear grade is a use spare tires, tires with Quality grades can be found comparative rating based on the nominal rim diameters of wear rate of the tire when tested where applicable on the tire 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm), sidewall between tread shoulder under controlled conditions on or to some limited-production a specified government test and maximum section width. tires. For example: course. For example, a tire While the tires available on graded 150 would wear one and Treadwear 200 Traction AA General Motors passenger cars a half (1½) times as well on the Temperature A and light trucks may vary with government course as a tire The following information relates respect to these grades, they graded 100. The relative to the system developed by the must also conform to federal performance of tires depends United States National Highway safety requirements and upon the actual conditions of Traffic Safety Administration additional General Motors Tire their use, however, and may (NHTSA), which grades tires Performance Criteria (TPC) depart significantly from the by treadwear, traction, and standards. norm due to variations in temperature performance. This All Passenger Car Tires Must driving habits, service practices applies only to vehicles sold in Conform to Federal Safety and differences in road the United States. The grades Requirements In Addition To characteristics and climate. are molded on the sidewalls of These Grades. most passenger car tires. The Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) system does not apply GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (69,1)

Vehicle Care 10-69

Traction – AA, A, B, C Temperature – A, B, C is established for a tire that The traction grades, from The temperature grades is properly inflated and not highest to lowest, are AA, A, B, are A (the highest), B, and C, overloaded. Excessive speed, and C. Those grades represent representing the tire's resistance underinflation, or excessive the tire's ability to stop on wet to the generation of heat and loading, either separately or in pavement as measured under its ability to dissipate heat combination, can cause heat controlled conditions on when tested under controlled buildup and possible tire failure. specified government test conditions on a specified indoor surfaces of asphalt and laboratory test wheel. Sustained Wheel Alignment and Tire concrete. A tire marked C may high temperature can cause Balance have poor traction performance. the material of the tire to The tires and wheels on the vehicle Warning: The traction grade degenerate and reduce tire life, were aligned and balanced carefully assigned to this tire is based on and excessive temperature at the factory to give the longest tire straight-ahead braking traction can lead to sudden tire failure. life and best overall performance. tests, and does not include The grade C corresponds to a Adjustments to wheel alignment and acceleration, cornering, level of performance which all tire balancing will not be necessary hydroplaning, or peak traction passenger car tires must meet on a regular basis. However, if there is unusual tire wear or the vehicle characteristics. under the Federal Motor Safety pulls to one side or the other, the Standard No. 109. Grades B alignment should be checked. If the and A represent higher levels of vehicle vibrates when driving on a performance on the laboratory smooth road, the tires and wheels test wheel than the minimum might need to be rebalanced. See required by law. Warning: The your dealer for proper diagnosis. temperature grade for this tire GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (70,1)

10-70 Vehicle Care

Wheel Replacement If you need to replace any of the Notice: The wrong wheel can wheels, wheel bolts, wheel nuts, also cause problems with Replace any wheel that is bent, or Tire Pressure Monitor System bearing life, brake cooling, cracked, or badly rusted or (TPMS) sensors, replace them only speedometer or odometer corroded. If wheel nuts keep coming with new GM original equipment calibration, headlamp aim, loose, the wheel, wheel bolts, and parts. This way, you will be sure to bumper height, vehicle ground wheel nuts should be replaced. have the right wheel, wheel bolts, clearance, and tire or tire chain If the wheel leaks air, replace it, wheel nuts, and TPMS sensors for clearance to the body and except some aluminum wheels, the vehicle. chassis. which can sometimes be repaired. See your dealer if any of these { See If a Tire Goes Flat on conditions exist. WARNING page 10‑72 for more information. Your dealer will know the kind of Using the wrong replacement Used Replacement Wheels wheel you need. wheels, wheel bolts, or wheel Each new wheel should have the nuts on the vehicle can be { WARNING same load-carrying capacity, dangerous. It could affect the diameter, width, offset, and be braking and handling of the Putting a used wheel on the mounted the same way as the vehicle, make the tires lose air vehicle is dangerous. You cannot one it replaces. and make you lose control. You know how it has been used or could have a collision in which how far it has been driven. you or others could be injured. It could fail suddenly and cause Always use the correct wheel, a crash. If you have to replace a wheel bolts, and wheel nuts for wheel, use a new GM original replacement. equipment wheel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (71,1)

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Tire Chains Notice: If your vehicle has a tire WARNING (Continued) size other than P215/70R16, P235/75R16, P265/70R17, { WARNING Use another type of traction P235/50R18, or P265/65R18 use If your vehicle has P215/70R16, device only if its manufacturer tire chains only where legal and only when you must. Use chains P235/75R16, P265/70R17, recommends it for use on your that are the proper size for your P235/50R18, or P265/65R18 size vehicle and tire size combination and road conditions. Follow that tires. Install them on the tires of tires, do not use tire chains. the rear axle. Do not use chains They can damage your vehicle manufacturer's instructions. To help avoid damage to your on the tires of the front axle. because there is not enough Tighten them as tightly as clearance. Tire chains used on a vehicle, drive slowly, readjust, or remove the device if it is possible with the ends securely vehicle without the proper amount fastened. Drive slowly and of clearance can cause damage contacting your vehicle. Do not spin the vehicle's wheels. follow the chain manufacturer's to the brakes, suspension, instructions. If you can hear the or other vehicle parts. The area If you do find traction devices that chains contacting your vehicle, damaged by the tire chains could will fit, install them on the rear stop and retighten them. If the cause you to lose control of your tires. contact continues, slow down vehicle and you or others may be until it stops. Driving too fast or injured in a crash. spinning the wheels with chains (Continued) on will damage your vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (72,1)

10-72 Vehicle Care

If a Tire Goes Flat accelerator pedal. Get the vehicle under control by steering the way { WARNING It is unusual for a tire to blowout you want the vehicle to go. It may while you are driving, especially if be very bumpy and noisy, but you Lifting a vehicle and getting you maintain your vehicle's tires can still steer. Gently brake to a under it to do maintenance or properly. If air goes out of a tire, it is stop, well off the road, if possible. repairs is dangerous without the much more likely to leak out slowly. appropriate safety equipment and But if you should ever have a { WARNING training. If a jack is provided with blowout, here are a few tips about the vehicle, it is designed only for what to expect and what to do: Driving on a flat tire will cause changing a flat tire. If it is used for If a front tire fails, the flat tire permanent damage to the tire. anything else, you or others could creates a drag that pulls the vehicle Re-inflating a tire after it has be badly injured or killed if the toward that side. Take your foot off been driven on while severely vehicle slips off the jack. If a jack the accelerator pedal and grip the underinflated or flat may cause is provided with the vehicle, only steering wheel firmly. Steer to a blowout and a serious crash. use it for changing a flat tire. maintain lane position, and then Never attempt to re-inflate a tire gently brake to a stop, well off the that has been driven on while If a tire goes flat, the next part road, if possible. severely underinflated or flat. shows how to use the jacking A rear blowout, particularly on a Have your dealer or an authorized equipment to change a flat tire curve, acts much like a skid and tire service center repair or safely. may require the same correction replace the flat tire as soon as If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire you would use in a skid. In any rear possible. and wheel damage by driving slowly blowout remove your foot from the to a level place, well off the road, if possible. Turn on the hazard warning flashers. See Hazard Warning Flashers on page 6‑3. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (73,1)

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Changing a tire can be 4. Turn off the engine and do dangerous. The vehicle can not restart while the vehicle slip off the jack and roll over or is raised. fall on you or other people. You and they could be badly injured or 5. Do not allow passengers to even killed. Find a level place to remain in the vehicle. change your tire. To help prevent To be even more certain the the vehicle from moving: vehicle will not move, put blocks 1. Set the parking brake firmly. at the front and rear of the tire farthest away from the one being A. Wheel Block 2. Put an automatic changed. That would be the tire transmission shift lever in on the other side, at the opposite B. Flat Tire P (Park), or shift a manual end of the vehicle. The following information explains transmission to 1 (First) or how to use the jack and change R (Reverse). a tire. When the vehicle has a flat tire (B), 3. If you have a use the following example as a four-wheel-drive vehicle, guide to assist you in the placement be sure the transfer case of wheel blocks (A). is in a drive gear – not in N (Neutral). (Continued) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (74,1)

10-74 Vehicle Care

Tire Changing 2. Locate the wing nut (A) used to retain the storage bag and Removing the Spare Tire and tools (B). Turn it Tools counterclockwise to release the bag. Put the tools to the side while you access the jack and wheel blocks. Regular/Extended Cab For regular and extended cab vehicles, the jack and wheel blocks are located under the cover at the center of the vehicle behind the 1. Turn the wing nut on the cover front seats. counterclockwise to remove it.

A. Wing Nut B. Storage Bag and Tools The tools you will need are located under the right front passenger seat. 1. Move the seat all the way forward to locate the tool bag. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (75,1)

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3. Turn the wing nut (C) holding the wheel blocks (B) to the back of the vehicle counterclockwise to release the wheel blocks. Crew Cab For crew cab models, the jack and wheel blocks are located under the driver side rear seat. 1. Reach under the rear seat to access the jack and wheel blocks. A. Jack 2. Turn the jack knob B. Wheel Blocks counterclockwise to lower the jack all the way and release it C. Wing Nut from the bracket. D. Jack Knob 3. Remove the wheel blocks and 2. Lower the jack (A) by turning the the wheel block retainer by jack knob (D) counterclockwise turning the wing nut to release the jack from the counterclockwise. bracket. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (76,1)

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Use the jack handle extensions and the wheel wrench to remove the underbody-mounted spare tire.

1. Assemble the wheel wrench (D), 2. Insert the chiseled end of the the jack handle extensions (A) jack handle (C) at a slight and the jack handle (C) as angle through the hole in the shown. rear bumper and into the A. Jack Handle Extensions funnel-shaped guide. B. Jack 3. Turn the wheel wrench (D) C. Jack Handle counterclockwise to lower the spare tire to the ground. D. Wheel Wrench Continue to turn the wheel E. Wheel Blocks wrench until the spare tire can be pulled out from under the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (77,1)

Vehicle Care 10-77

If the spare tire does not lower to Removing the Flat Tire and the ground, the secondary latch Installing the Spare Tire is engaged causing the tire not to lower. See Secondary Latch Use the following pictures and instructions to remove the flat tire System on page 10‑85. and raise the vehicle. The tools you will be using include the jack (A), the wheel blocks (B), the extension tool (C), the jack handle extensions (D), and the wheel wrench (E).

2. Remove the center cap by placing the chisel end of the wheel wrench (E) into one of the slots on the wheel and gently prying the cap out.

4. Tilt the retainer when the tire has been lowered, and slide it up the cable so it can be pulled up through the wheel opening. 5. Put the spare tire near the flat tire. 1. Do a safety check before proceeding. See If a Tire Goes Flat on page 10‑72 for more information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (78,1)

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{ WARNING

Getting under a vehicle when it is jacked up is dangerous. If the vehicle slips off the jack you could be badly injured or killed. Never get under a vehicle when it is supported only by a jack.

{ WARNING 3. Use the wheel wrench to loosen Front Position all the wheel nuts by turning it Raising your vehicle with the 4. Position the jack (A) under the counterclockwise. Do not jack improperly positioned can vehicle as shown for the front or remove the wheel nuts yet. damage the vehicle and even rear locations. make the vehicle fall. To help avoid personal injury and vehicle damage, be sure to fit the jack lift head into the proper location before raising the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (79,1)

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6. Turn the wheel wrench clockwise to raise the vehicle. Raise the vehicle far enough off the ground so there is enough room for the spare tire to fit under the wheel well.

Front Position Rear Position If the flat tire is on the front of If the flat tire is on the rear, the vehicle, position the jack to position the jack under the the rear of the front tire in the rear axle and get as close as pocket off of the frame. possible to the shock absorber. 5. Make sure the jack head is positioned so that the rear axle 7. Remove all the wheel nuts and is resting securely between the flat tire. the grooves that are on the jack head. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (80,1)

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{ WARNING

Rust or dirt on a wheel, or on the parts to which it is fastened, can make wheel nuts become loose after time. The wheel could come off and cause an accident. When changing a wheel, remove any rust or dirt from places where the wheel attaches to the vehicle. In an emergency, use a cloth or a paper towel to do this; but be sure 8. Remove any rust or dirt from the 10. Put the wheel nuts back on to use a scraper or wire brush wheel bolts, mounting surfaces with the rounded end of the later, if needed, to get all the rust and spare wheel. nuts toward the wheel. Tighten or dirt off. See If a Tire Goes Flat 9. Install the spare tire. each wheel nut by hand. on page 10‑72. Then use the wheel wrench to tighten the nuts until the wheel { WARNING is held against the hub. Never use oil or grease on bolts or nuts because the nuts might come loose. The vehicle's wheel could fall off, causing a crash. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (81,1)

Vehicle Care 10-81

11. Turn the wheel wrench Notice: Improperly tightened counterclockwise to lower wheel nuts can lead to brake the vehicle. Lower the jack pulsation and rotor damage. To completely. avoid expensive brake repairs, evenly tighten the wheel nuts in { WARNING the proper sequence and to the proper torque specification. See Wheel nuts that are improperly or Capacities and Specifications on incorrectly tightened can cause page 12‑2 for the wheel nut the wheels to become loose or torque specification. come off. The wheel nuts should be tightened with a torque wrench Front Position to the proper torque specification after replacing. Follow the torque specification supplied by the aftermarket manufacturer when using accessory locking wheel nuts. See Capacities and Specifications on page 12‑2 for original equipment wheel nut torque specifications.

12. Tighten the wheel nuts firmly in a crisscross sequence as shown by turning the wheel Rear Position wrench clockwise. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (82,1)

10-82 Vehicle Care

When you reinstall the regular wheel. Always stow the wheel wheel and tire, you must also with the valve stem pointing reinstall the center cap. Place the down and have the wheel/tire cap on the wheel and tap it into repaired as soon as possible. place until it seats flush with the Store the tire under the rear of the wheel. The cap only goes on vehicle in the spare tire carrier. one way. Be sure to line up the tab on the center cap with the 1. Put the tire on the ground at the indentation on the wheel. rear of the vehicle with the valve stem pointed down. Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools

{ WARNING 3. Assemble the wheel wrench, the jack handle extensions, and the Storing a jack, a tire, or other jack handle as shown. equipment in the passenger compartment of the vehicle could cause injury. In a sudden stop or collision, loose equipment could strike someone. Store all these in the proper place.

Notice: Storing an aluminum 2. Tilt the retainer downward wheel with a flat tire under your and through the center wheel vehicle for an extended period opening. Make sure the retainer of time or with the valve stem is fully seated across the pointing up can damage the underside of the wheel. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (83,1)

Vehicle Care 10-83

Continue raising the tire, watch to make sure it does not get caught on anything on the underbody. If the tire does get caught, loosen two or three turns and push and pull the tire and then retighten. Repeat this procedure as many times as needed to ensure proper stowage. 6. When the tire is properly seated to the underbody, 4. Insert the chiseled end of continue turning the wheel 7. Make sure the tire is stored the jack handle at a slight wrench clockwise until you hear securely. Push, pull (A), and angle through the hole in the two clicks or feel it skip twice. then try to turn (B) the tire. rear bumper and into the You cannot overtighten the If the tire moves, check to funnel-shaped guide. cable. make sure the tire valve stem is 5. Turn the wheel wrench pointing down, then use the clockwise to raise the tire wheel wrench to loosen and part way up. Make sure the then tighten the cable. retainer is seated in the wheel To store the tools: opening and the valve stem is 1. Return the tools to the pointed down. storage bag. 2. Attach the storage bag to the floor under the front passenger seat. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (84,1)

10-84 Vehicle Care

3. Reinstall the wing nut to 3. Lower the jack (A) all the way Crew Cab secure the bag to the and insert the jack into the vehicle. bracket. To store the jack and wheel blocks: 4. Raise the jack by turning the handle clockwise to secure the Regular/Extended Cab jack within the bracket.

A. Jack B. Wheel Blocks C. Wing Nut 1. Attach the wheel blocks (B) to A. Jack 5. Put the cover in position and the jack (A) with the wheel block B. Wheel Blocks insert and tighten the wing nut to retainer and the wing nut (C). C. Wing Nut secure it. 2. Reinstall the jack and wheel block assembly in the mounting 1. Install the wheel blocks (B) first. bracket. Be sure to position the 2. Reinstall the wing nut (C) by holes in the base of the jack turning it clockwise to secure the onto the pins in the mounting wheel blocks to the vehicle. bracket. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (85,1)

Vehicle Care 10-85

3. Turn the handle to raise the To release the spare tire from the 3. Loosen the cable by turning the jack until it is secure, but do secondary latch: wheel wrench counterclockwise not overtighten the jack in the three or four turns. bracket. 4. Repeat this procedure at least two times. If the spare tire Secondary Latch System lowers to the ground, continue Your vehicle has an with Step 5 under “Storing a Flat underbody‐mounted tire hoist or Spare Tire and Tools” under assembly that has a secondary Tire Changing on page 10‑74. latch system. It is designed to stop 5. Turn the wrench the spare tire from suddenly falling counterclockwise until off your vehicle. For the secondary approximately 6 inches latch to work, the spare must be (15 cm) of cable is exposed. installed with the valve stem 6. Stand the wheel blocks on their pointing down. See “Storing a shortest ends, with the backs Flat or Spare Tire and Tools” under 1. Check under the vehicle to see if facing each other. Tire Changing on page 10‑74. the cable end fitting is visible. 2. If the cable end fitting is not { WARNING visible, proceed to Step 6. Before beginning this procedure If it is visible, first try to tighten read all the instructions. Failure to the cable by turning the wheel read and follow the instructions wrench clockwise until you hear could damage the hoist assembly two clicks or feel it skip twice. You cannot overtighten the and you and others could get cable. hurt. Read and follow the instructions listed next. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (86,1)

10-86 Vehicle Care

7. Place the bottom edge of the 8. Attach the jack handle, 11. Remove the jack handle and jack (A) on the wheel blocks (B), extension, and wheel wrench to insert the hoist end of the separating them so that the jack the jack and place it (with the extension through the hole in is balanced securely. wheel blocks) under the vehicle the rear bumper. towards the front of the rear Turn the wheel wrench bumper. Position the center lift counterclockwise one turn point of the jack under the or until the wheel retainer wheel. assembly is disengaged. 9. Turn the wheel wrench 12. Reinsert the jack handle into clockwise to raise the jack until it the jack. Lower the jack by lifts the tire. turning the wheel wrench 10. Continue raising the jack until counterclockwise. Keep the tire stops moving upward lowering the jack until the and is held firmly in place. spare tire slides off the jack or is hanging by the cable. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (87,1)

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If the spare tire is hanging 15. If the cable is hanging under { WARNING from the cable, insert the hoist the vehicle, turn the wheel end of the extension into the wrench clockwise to raise the Someone standing too close hoist shaft hole in the bumper cable. during the procedure could be and turn the wheel wrench injured by the jack. If the spare Have the hoist assembly counterclockwise to lower the inspected as soon as you can. tire does not slide off the jack spare the rest of the way. completely, make sure no one is You will not be able to store a behind you or on either side of spare or flat tire using the hoist assembly until it has been you as you pull the jack out from replaced. under the spare. To continue changing the flat tire, see “Removing the Flat Tire and 13. Disconnect the jack handle Installing the Spare Tire” under Tire from the jack and carefully Changing on page 10‑74. remove the jack. Use one hand to push against the spare while firmly pulling the jack out from under the spare tire with the other hand.

14. Tilt the tire retainer at the end of the cable and pull it through the wheel opening. Pull the tire out from under the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (88,1)

10-88 Vehicle Care

Compact Spare Tire After installing the compact spare Notice: When the compact spare on your vehicle, you should stop as is installed, do not take the Your vehicle may have a compact soon as possible and make sure vehicle through an automatic spare tire. Although the compact your vehicle's spare tire is correctly car wash with guide rails. The spare tire was fully inflated when inflated. The compact spare is made compact spare can get caught on your vehicle was new, it can lose to perform well at speeds up to the rails which can damage the air over time. Check the inflation 62 mph (100 km/h) for distances up tire, wheel and other parts of the pressure regularly. It should be to 500 miles (804 km). For heavy vehicle. 60 psi (420 kPa). payloads or towing, and for low Do not use your compact spare on Notice: If the vehicle has traction or four-wheel-drive other vehicles. four-wheel drive and the compact conditions, repair or replace the spare tire is installed on the full-size tire. Of course, it is best to And do not mix your compact spare vehicle, do not drive in four-wheel replace your vehicle's spare with a tire or wheel with other wheels or drive until you can have the flat full-size tire as soon as you can. tires. They will not fit. Keep your tire repaired and/or replaced. You The spare tire will last longer and be spare tire and its wheel together. could damage the vehicle, and in good shape in case you need it Notice: Tire chains will not fit the the repair costs would not be again. compact spare. Using them can covered by your warranty. Never damage the vehicle and can use four-wheel drive when the damage the chains too. Do not compact spare tire is installed on use tire chains on the compact the vehicle. spare. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (89,1)

Vehicle Care 10-89

Full-Size Spare Tire Your vehicle may have a different After installing the spare tire on your size spare tire than the road tires vehicle, you should stop as soon as Your vehicle may have a full-size originally installed on your vehicle. possible and make sure the spare is spare tire, which, when new, was This spare was developed for use correctly inflated. The spare tire is fully inflated. A spare tire may lose on your vehicle, so it is alright to made to perform well at speeds up air over time, so check its inflation drive on it. If your vehicle has to 62 mph (100 km/h) for distances pressure regularly. See Tire four-wheel drive and the different up to 500 miles (804 km). For Pressure on page 10‑56 and size spare tire is installed, keep the heavy payloads or towing, and for Vehicle Load Limits on page 9‑22 vehicle in two-wheel drive. low traction or four-wheel-drive for information regarding proper tire conditions, repair or replace the inflation and loading your vehicle. Notice: If the vehicle has four-wheel drive and the different full-size tire. Have the damaged or For instruction on how to remove, flat road tire repaired or replaced as install, or store a spare tire, see size spare tire is installed on the vehicle, do not drive in four-wheel soon as you can and installed back “Removing the Flat Tire and onto your vehicle. This way, the Installing the Spare Tire” and drive until you can have your flat tire repaired and/or replaced. You spare tire will be available in case “Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and you need it again. Tools” under Tire Changing on could damage the vehicle, and page 10‑74. the repair costs would not be Do not mix tires and wheels of covered by your warranty. Never different sizes, because they will use four-wheel drive when the not fit. Keep your spare tire and its different size spare tire is wheel together. installed on the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (90,1)

10-90 Vehicle Care

Jump Starting Notice: Ignoring these steps You would not be able to start could result in costly damage to your vehicle, and the bad For more information about the the vehicle that would not be grounding could damage the vehicle battery, see Battery on covered by the warranty. electrical systems. page 10 31. ‑ Trying to start the vehicle by To avoid the possibility of the If the vehicle battery has run down, pushing or pulling it will not vehicles rolling, set the parking you may want to use another work, and it could damage the brake firmly on both vehicles vehicle and some jumper cables to vehicle. involved in the jump start start your vehicle. Be sure to use 1. Check the other vehicle. It must procedure. Put an automatic the following steps to do it safely. transmission in P (Park) or a have a 12‐volt battery with a negative ground system. manual transmission in Neutral { WARNING before setting the parking brake. Notice: Only use a vehicle that If you have a four-wheel-drive Batteries can hurt you. They can has a 12-volt system with a vehicle, be sure the transfer be dangerous because: negative ground for jump case is not in Neutral. starting. If the other vehicle does . They contain acid that can not have a 12-volt system with a Notice: If the radio or other burn you. negative ground, both vehicles accessories are left on during the jump starting procedure, they . They contain gas that can can be damaged. could be damaged. The repairs explode or ignite. 2. Get the vehicles close enough would not be covered by the . They contain enough so the jumper cables can reach, warranty. Always turn off the electricity to burn you. but be sure the vehicles are radio and other accessories when not touching each other. If they jump starting the vehicle. If you do not follow these steps are, it could cause a ground exactly, some or all of these connection you do not want. things can hurt you. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (91,1)

Vehicle Care 10-91

3. Turn off the ignition on both vehicles. Unplug unnecessary { WARNING { WARNING accessories plugged into the cigarette lighter or the accessory Using a match near a battery can Fans or other moving engine power outlets. Turn off the cause battery gas to explode. parts can injure you badly. Keep radio and all lamps that are not People have been hurt doing this, your hands away from moving needed. This will avoid sparks and some have been blinded. parts once the engine is running. and help save both batteries. Use a flashlight if you need more And it could save the radio! light. 5. Check that the jumper cables 4. Open the hoods and locate the Be sure the batteries have do not have loose or missing positive (+) and negative (−) enough water. You do not need insulation. If they do, you could terminal locations on the other to add water to the ACDelco® get a shock. The vehicles could vehicle. Your vehicle has a battery (or batteries) installed in be damaged too. remote positive (+) and a your new vehicle. But if a battery Before you connect the cables, remote negative (−) jump has filler caps, be sure the right here are some basic things you starting terminal. See Engine amount of fluid is there. If it is low, should know. Positive (+) will go Compartment Overview on add water to take care of that to positive (+) or to a remote page 10‑6 for more information first. If you do not, explosive gas positive (+) terminal if the vehicle on the terminal locations. could be present. has one. Negative (−) will go to a heavy, unpainted metal engine Battery fluid contains acid that part or to a remote negative (−) can burn you. Do not get it on terminal if the vehicle has one. you. If you accidentally get it in your eyes or on your skin, flush the place with water and get medical help immediately. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (92,1)

10-92 Vehicle Care

Do not connect positive (+) to 7. Do not let the other end connection is just as good there, negative (−) or you will get a touch metal. Connect it to and the chance of sparks getting short that would damage the the positive (+) terminal of the back to the battery is much less. battery and maybe other parts good battery. Use a remote Your vehicle has a remote too. And do not connect the positive (+) terminal if the vehicle negative (−) terminal for this negative (−) cable to the has one. purpose. negative (−) terminal on the 8. Now connect the black 10. Now start the vehicle with the dead battery because this can negative (−) cable to the cause sparks. good battery and run the negative (−) terminal of the engine for a while. good battery. Use a remote negative (−) terminal if the 11. Try to start the vehicle that vehicle has one. had the dead battery. If it will not start after a few tries, it Do not let the other end touch probably needs service. anything until the next step. The other end of the negative (−) Notice: If the jumper cables are cable does not go to the dead connected or removed in the battery. It goes to a heavy, wrong order, electrical shorting unpainted metal engine part, may occur and damage the or to a remote negative (−) vehicle. The repairs would not be terminal on the vehicle with the covered by the vehicle warranty. dead battery. Always connect and remove the jumper cables in the correct 6. Connect the red positive (+) 9. Connect the other end of the order, making sure that the cable to the positive (+) terminal negative (−) cable at least 45 cm cables do not touch each other of the dead battery. Use a (18 inches) away from the dead or other metal. remote positive (+) terminal if the battery, but not near engine vehicle has one. parts that move. The electrical GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (93,1)

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To disconnect the jumper cables Towing from both vehicles, do the following: 1. Disconnect the black Towing the Vehicle negative (−) cable from the vehicle that had the dead Notice: To avoid damage, the battery. disabled vehicle should be towed with all four wheels off 2. Disconnect the black the ground. Care must be taken negative (−) cable from the with vehicles that have low vehicle with the good battery. ground clearance and/or special 3. Disconnect the red positive (+) equipment. Always flatbed on a cable from the vehicle with the car carrier. Jumper Cable Removal good battery. Consult your dealer or a A. Heavy, Unpainted Metal Engine 4. Disconnect the red positive (+) professional towing service if the Part or Remote Negative (−) cable from the other vehicle. disabled vehicle must be towed. Terminal See Roadside Assistance Program (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑8 or B. Good Battery or Remote Roadside Assistance Program Positive (+) and Remote (Mexico) on page 13‑10. Negative (−) Terminals To tow the vehicle behind another C. Dead Battery or Remote vehicle for recreational purposes, Positive (+) Terminal such as behind a motor home, see “Recreational Vehicle Towing” in this section. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (94,1)

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Recreational Vehicle Here are some important things to Dinghy Towing consider before recreational vehicle Towing towing: Two-Wheel Drive Vehicles Recreational vehicle towing means . What is the towing capacity towing the vehicle behind another of the towing vehicle? Be vehicle – such as behind a motor sure to read the tow home. The two most common types vehicle manufacturer's of recreational vehicle towing are recommendations. known as dinghy towing and dolly towing. Dinghy towing is towing the . What is the distance that will be vehicle with all four wheels on the travelled? Some vehicles have ground. Dolly towing is towing the restrictions on how far and how vehicle with two wheels on the long they can tow. ground and two wheels up on a . Is the proper towing equipment device known as a dolly. going to be used? See your dealer or trailering professional for additional advice and Notice: If the vehicle is equipment recommendations. towed with all four wheels on the ground, the drivetrain . Is the vehicle ready to be components could be damaged. towed? Just as preparing the The repairs would not be vehicle for a long trip, make sure covered by the vehicle warranty. the vehicle is prepared to be Do not tow the vehicle with all towed. four wheels on the ground. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (95,1)

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Two-wheel-drive vehicles should 2. Put an automatic transmission 5. Shift the transfer case to not be towed with all four wheels in P (Park) or a manual N (Neutral). See “Shifting into on the ground. Two-wheel-drive transmission in 1 (First). N (Neutral)” under Four-Wheel transmissions have no provisions 3. Turn the engine off and firmly set Drive on page 10‑31. for internal lubrication while being the parking brake. See Parking 6. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF towed. Brake on page 9‑47. and remove the key — the front Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles 4. Securely attach the vehicle wheels will still turn. being towed to the tow vehicle. 7. Release the parking brake only after the vehicle being towed is { WARNING firmly attached to the towing vehicle. Shifting a full‐time After towing see “Shifting Out of four‐wheel‐drive vehicle's N (Neutral)” under Four-Wheel Drive transfer case into N (Neutral) on page 10‑31. can cause the vehicle to roll even if the automatic transmission If the vehicle being towed will not be started or driven for six weeks or is in P (Park) or the manual more, remove the battery cable from transmission is in any gear. You the negative terminal (post) of the or others could be injured. Make battery to prevent the battery from sure the parking brake is firmly Use the following procedure to draining. set before the transfer case is dinghy tow a four-wheel-drive vehicle: shifted to N (Neutral). 1. Position the vehicle being towed behind the tow vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (96,1)

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Dolly Towing Two-wheel-drive vehicles should Front Towing (Front Wheels Off not be towed with the rear wheels the Ground) – Four-Wheel-Drive Front Towing (Front Wheels Off on the ground. Two-wheel-drive Vehicles the Ground) – Two‐Wheel‐Drive transmissions have no provisions Vehicles for internal lubrication while being towed. To dolly tow a two‐wheel‐drive vehicle, the vehicle must be towed with the rear wheels on the dolly. See “Rear Towing (Rear Wheels Off the Ground)” later in this section for more information.

Use the following procedure to dolly tow a four-wheel-drive vehicle from Notice: If a two-wheel-drive the front: vehicle is towed with the rear wheels on the ground, the 1. Attach the dolly to the tow transmission could be damaged. vehicle following the dolly The repairs would not be covered manufacturer's instructions. by the vehicle warranty. Never 2. Drive the front wheels onto the tow the vehicle with the rear dolly. wheels on the ground. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (97,1)

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3. Put an automatic transmission 6. Shift the transfer case to Rear Towing (Rear Wheels Off in P (Park) or a manual N (Neutral). See “Shifting into the Ground) – Two‐Wheel‐Drive transmission in 1 (First). N (Neutral)” under Four-Wheel Vehicles 4. Turn the engine off and firmly set Drive on page 10‑31. the parking brake. See Parking 7. Release the parking brake only Brake on page 9‑47. after the vehicle being towed is firmly attached to the towing { WARNING vehicle. 8. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF. Shifting a full‐time four‐wheel‐drive vehicle's After towing, see “Shifting Out of transfer case into N (Neutral) N (Neutral)” under Four-Wheel Drive can cause the vehicle to roll on page 10‑31. even if the automatic transmission If the vehicle being towed will not be is in P (Park) or the manual started or driven for six weeks or transmission is in any gear. You more, remove the battery cable from Use the following procedure to dolly or others could be injured. Make the negative terminal (post) of the battery to prevent the battery from tow a two-wheel-drive vehicle from sure the parking brake is firmly the rear: set before the transfer case is draining. shifted to N (Neutral). 1. Attach the dolly to the tow vehicle following the dolly manufacturer's instructions. 5. Secure the vehicle to the dolly following the manufacturer's 2. Drive the rear wheels onto the instructions. dolly. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (98,1)

10-98 Vehicle Care

3. Firmly set the parking brake. Rear Towing (Rear Wheels Off the 4. Put an automatic transmission See Parking Brake on Ground) – Four‐Wheel‐Drive in P (Park) or a manual page 9‑47. Vehicles transmission in 1 (First). 4. Put an automatic transmission 5. Secure the vehicle to the dolly in P (Park) or a manual following the manufacturer's transmission in 1 (First). instructions. 5. Secure the vehicle to the dolly 6. Use an adequate clamping following the manufacturer's device designed for towing to instructions. ensure that the front wheels are 6. Use an adequate clamping locked into the straight position. device designed for towing to ensure that the front wheels are { WARNING locked into the straight position. Shifting a full‐time 7. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF. four‐wheel‐drive vehicle's If the vehicle being towed will Use the following procedure to dolly transfer case into N (Neutral) not be started or driven for tow a four-wheel-drive vehicle from can cause the vehicle to roll six weeks or more, remove the the rear: even if the automatic transmission battery cable from the negative is in P (Park) or the manual 1. Attach the dolly to the tow terminal (post) of the battery to transmission is in any gear. You prevent the battery from vehicle following the dolly manufacturer's instructions. or others could be injured. Make draining. sure the parking brake is firmly 2. Drive the rear wheels onto the set before the transfer case is dolly. shifted to N (Neutral). 3. Firmly set the parking brake. See Parking Brake on page 9‑47. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (99,1)

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7. Shift the transfer case to Appearance Care Do not wash the vehicle in direct N (Neutral). See “Shifting into sunlight. Use a car washing soap. N (Neutral)” under Four-Wheel Do not use cleaning agents that are Drive on page 10‑31. Exterior Care petroleum based or that contain 8. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF. Silicone grease on weatherstrips will acid or abrasives, as they can make them last longer, seal better, damage the paint, metal or plastic If the vehicle being towed will and not stick or squeak. Apply on the vehicle. Approved cleaning not be started or driven for silicone grease with a clean cloth. products can be obtained from your six weeks or more, remove the During very cold, damp weather dealer. Follow all manufacturers' battery cable from the negative frequent application may be directions regarding correct terminal (post) of the battery to required. See Recommended Fluids product usage, necessary safety prevent the battery from and Lubricants on page 11‑6. precautions and appropriate draining. disposal of any vehicle care Washing the Vehicle After towing, see “Shifting Out of product. N (Neutral)” under Four-Wheel Drive The best way to preserve the Rinse the vehicle well, before on page 10‑31. vehicle's finish is to keep it clean washing and after to remove all by washing it often. cleaning agents completely. If they Notice: Certain cleaners contain are allowed to dry on the surface, chemicals that can damage the they could stain. emblems or nameplates on the Dry the finish with a soft, clean vehicle. Check the cleaning chamois or an all-cotton towel to product label. If it states that it avoid surface scratches and water should not be used on plastic spotting. parts, do not use it on the vehicle or damage may occur and it would not be covered by the warranty. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (100,1)

10-100 Vehicle Care

High pressure car washes may waxes and polishes that are keep the paint finish looking new, cause water to enter the vehicle. non-abrasive and made for a keep the vehicle garaged or Avoid using high pressure washes basecoat/clearcoat paint finish. covered whenever possible. closer than 30 cm (12 inches) to the Notice: Machine compounding surface of the vehicle. Use of power Protecting Exterior Bright Metal or aggressive polishing on a Parts washers exceeding 8 274 kPa basecoat/clearcoat paint finish (1,200 psi) can result in damage or may damage it. Use only Bright metal parts should be cleaned regularly to keep their removal of paint and decals. non-abrasive waxes and polishes that are made for a basecoat/ luster. Washing with water is all that Cleaning Exterior Lamps/ is usually needed. However, chrome Lenses clearcoat paint finish on the vehicle. polish may be used on chrome or Use only lukewarm or cold water, a stainless steel trim, if necessary. soft cloth and a car washing soap to Foreign materials such as calcium chloride and other salts, ice melting Use special care with aluminum clean exterior lamps and lenses. trim. To avoid damaging protective Follow instructions under “Washing agents, road oil and tar, tree sap, bird droppings, chemicals from trim, never use auto or chrome the Vehicle”. polish, steam or caustic soap to industrial chimneys, etc., can Finish Care damage the vehicle's finish if they clean aluminum. A coating of wax, rubbed to high polish, is Occasional waxing or mild remain on painted surfaces. Wash the vehicle as soon as possible. recommended for all bright metal polishing of the vehicle by hand parts. may be necessary to remove If necessary, use non-abrasive residue from the paint finish. cleaners that are marked safe for Windshield and Wiper Blades Approved cleaning products can painted surfaces to remove foreign matter. Clean the outside of the windshield be obtained from your dealer. with glass cleaner. If the vehicle has a basecoat/ Exterior painted surfaces are subject to aging, weather and Clean the rubber blades using a lint clearcoat paint finish, the clearcoat free cloth or paper towel soaked gives more depth and gloss to the chemical fallout that can take their toll over a period of years. To help with windshield washer fluid or a colored basecoat. Always use mild detergent. Wash the windshield GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (101,1)

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thoroughly when cleaning the Notice: Chrome wheels and other on them because they could blades. Bugs, road grime, sap chrome trim may be damaged damage the surface. Do not use and a buildup of vehicle wash/wax if the vehicle is not washed chrome polish on aluminum wheels. treatments may cause wiper after driving on roads that have Notice: Using chrome polish on streaking. Replace the wiper blades been sprayed with magnesium, aluminum wheels could damage if they are worn or damaged. calcium or sodium chloride. the wheels. The repairs would Wipers can be damaged by: These chlorides are used on not be covered by the vehicle roads for conditions such as warranty. Use chrome polish on . Extreme dusty conditions ice and dust. Always wash the chrome wheels only. . Sand and salt vehicle's chrome with soap and water after exposure. Use chrome polish only on . Heat and sun chrome-plated wheels, but avoid Notice: Using strong soaps, any painted surface of the wheel, . Snow and ice, without proper chemicals, abrasive polishes, removal and buff off immediately after cleaners, brushes, or cleaners application. Aluminum or Chrome-Plated that contain acid on aluminum Notice: Driving the vehicle Wheels and Trim or chrome-plated wheels, could damage the surface of the through an automatic car wash The vehicle may have either wheel(s). The repairs would that has silicone carbide tire aluminum or chrome-plated wheels. not be covered by the vehicle cleaning brushes, could damage the aluminum or chrome-plated Keep the wheels clean using a warranty. Use only approved wheels. The repairs would not be soft clean cloth with mild soap and cleaners on aluminum or covered by the vehicle warranty. water. Rinse with clean water. After chrome-plated wheels. Never drive a vehicle that has rinsing thoroughly, dry with a soft The surface of these wheels is aluminum or chrome-plated clean towel. A wax may then be similar to the painted surface of the wheels through an automatic car applied. vehicle. Do not use strong soaps, wash that uses silicone carbide chemicals, abrasive polishes, tire cleaning brushes. abrasive cleaners, cleaners with acid, or abrasive cleaning brushes GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (102,1)

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Tires Finish Damage Dirt packed in close areas of the frame should be loosened before To clean the tires, use a stiff brush Any stone chips, fractures or deep being flushed. Your dealer or an with tire cleaner. scratches in the finish should be underbody car washing system repaired right away. Bare metal will Notice: Using petroleum-based can do this. tire dressing products on the corrode quickly and may develop vehicle may damage the paint into major repair expense. Underbody Maintenance finish and/or tires. When applying Minor chips and scratches can be Chemicals used for ice and snow a tire dressing, always wipe off repaired with touch-up materials removal and dust control can collect any overspray from all painted available from your dealer. Larger on the underbody. If these are not surfaces on the vehicle. areas of finish damage can be removed, corrosion and rust can corrected in your dealer's body and Sheet Metal Damage develop on the underbody parts paint shop. such as fuel lines, frame, floor pan, If the vehicle is damaged and Chemicals used for ice and snow and exhaust system even though requires sheet metal repair or removal and dust control can collect they have corrosion protection. replacement, make sure the body on the underbody. If these are not At least every spring, flush these repair shop applies anti-corrosion removed, corrosion and rust can materials from the underbody material to parts repaired or develop on the underbody parts with plain water. Clean any areas replaced to restore corrosion such as fuel lines, frame, floor pan, where mud and debris can collect. protection. and exhaust system even though Dirt packed in close areas of the Original manufacturer replacement they have corrosion protection. frame should be loosened before parts will provide the corrosion At least every spring, flush these being flushed. Your dealer or an protection while maintaining the materials from the underbody underbody car washing system can vehicle warranty. with plain water. Clean any areas do this. where mud and debris can collect. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (103,1)

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Chemical Paint Spotting Lighter colored interiors may Notice: Using abrasive cleaners require more frequent cleaning. when cleaning glass surfaces on Some weather and atmospheric Newspapers and garments that can the vehicle, could scratch the conditions can create a chemical transfer color to home furnishings glass and/or cause damage to fallout. Airborne pollutants can fall can also transfer color to the the rear window defogger. When upon and attack painted surfaces on vehicles interior. cleaning the glass on the vehicle, the vehicle. This damage can take use only a soft cloth and glass two forms: blotchy, ring-shaped Remove dust from small buttons cleaner. discolorations, and small, irregular and knobs with a small brush with dark spots etched into the paint soft bristles. Cleaners can contain solvents that surface. Your dealer has products for can become concentrated in the vehicles interior. Before using Although no defect in the paint job cleaning the vehicles interior. When cleaners, read and adhere to all causes this, we will repair, at no cleaning the vehicles interior, only safety instructions on the label. charge to the owner, the surfaces use cleaners specifically designed While cleaning the vehicles interior, of new vehicles damaged by this for the surfaces that are being maintain adequate ventilation by fallout condition within 12 months cleaned. Permanent damage can opening the vehicles doors and or 20 000 km (12,000 miles) of result from using cleaners on windows. purchase, whichever occurs first. surfaces for which they were not intended. Apply the cleaner directly Do not clean the interior using the Interior Care to the cleaning cloth to prevent following cleaners or techniques: over-spray. Remove any accidental The vehicles interior will continue . Never use a knife or any other over-spray from other surfaces sharp object to remove a soil to look its best if it is cleaned often. immediately. Dust and dirt can accumulate on the from any interior surface. upholstery and cause damage to . Never use a stiff brush. It can the carpet, fabric, leather, and cause damage to the vehicles plastic surfaces. Stains should be interior surfaces. removed quickly as extreme heat could cause them to set rapidly. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (104,1)

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. Never apply heavy pressure or Fabric/Carpet 3. Start on the outside edge of the rub aggressively with a cleaning soil and gently rub toward the Use a vacuum cleaner with a soft cloth. Use of heavy pressure can center. Continue cleaning, using brush attachment to remove dust damage the interior and does a clean area of the cloth each and loose dirt. A canister vacuum not improve the effectiveness of time it becomes soiled. soil removal. with a beater bar in the nozzle may only be used on floor carpet and 4. Continue to gently rub the . Use only mild, neutral-pH soaps. carpeted floor mats. For soils, soiled area. Avoid laundry detergents always try to remove them first with or dishwashing soaps with 5. If the soil is not completely plain water or club soda. Before removed, use a mild soap degreasers. Using too much cleaning, gently remove as much of soap will leave a residue that solution and repeat the cleaning the soil as possible using one of the process that was used with plain leaves streaks and attracts following techniques: dirt. For liquid cleaners, about water. 20 drops per 3.78 L (1 gal) of . For liquids: gently blot the If any of the soil remains, a water is a good guide. remaining soil with a paper commercial fabric cleaner or spot towel. Allow the soil to absorb lifter may be necessary. Test a small . Do not heavily saturate the into the paper towel until no upholstery while cleaning. hidden area for colorfastness before more can be removed. using a commercial upholstery . Cleaners that contain solvents . For solid dry soils: remove as cleaner or spot lifter. If the locally can damage the vehicles much as possible and then cleaned area gives any impression interior. vacuum. that a ring formation may result, clean the entire surface. To clean: A paper towel can be used to blot 1. Saturate a lint-free, clean white excess moisture from the fabric or cloth with water or club soda. carpet after the cleaning process. 2. Remove excess moisture. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (105,1)

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Leather/Leatherette to clean the vehicles interior Some commercial products may because they can alter the increase gloss on the instrument Leather, and lighter colored leather appearance by increasing the panel. The increase in gloss may in particular, will need more frequent gloss in a non-uniform manner. cause annoying reflections in the cleaning to prevent the buildup of windshield and even make it difficult dust, dirt, and colors transferred Instrument Panel, Vinyl and to see through the windshield under from other items so that these do other Plastic Surfaces certain conditions. not become permanent stains. To remove dust, a soft cloth Care of Safety Belts To remove dust, a soft cloth dampened with water can be dampened with water can be used. used. If a more thorough cleaning Keep belts clean and dry. If a more thorough cleaning is is necessary, a clean soft cloth necessary, a soft cloth dampened dampened with a mild soap solution { WARNING with a mild soap solution can be can be used to gently remove dust used. Your dealer has a GM and dirt. Never use spot lifters or Do not bleach or dye safety belts. approved leather cleaner available removers on plastic surfaces. It may severely weaken them. In that provides superior cleaning Many commercial cleaners and a crash, they might not be able performance when used regularly coatings that are sold to preserve to provide adequate protection. on finished automotive leathers. and protect soft plastic surfaces Clean safety belts only with mild Allow the leather to dry naturally. Do may permanently change the soap and lukewarm water. not use heat, steam, spot lifters or appearance and feel of the interior spot removers, or shoe polish on and are not recommended. Do leather. Many commercial leather not use silicone or wax-based cleaners and coatings that are products, or those containing sold to preserve and protect leather organic solvents to clean the may permanently change the vehicles interior because they can appearance and feel of the leather alter the appearance by increasing and are not recommended. Do not the gloss in a non-uniform manner. use silicone or wax-based products, or those containing organic solvents GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (106,1)

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Floor Mats Use the following guidelines for . Use the floor mat with the proper floor mat usage. correct side up. Do not turn it over. { WARNING . The original equipment floor mats were designed for your . Do not place anything on top of If a floor mat is the wrong size or vehicle. If the floor mats need the driver side floor mat. is not properly installed, it can replacing, it is recommended . Use only a single floor mat on interfere with the accelerator that GM certified floor mats be the driver side. purchased. Non-GM floor mats pedal and/or brake pedal. . may not fit properly and may Do not place one floor mat on Interference with the pedals can top of another. cause unintended acceleration interfere with the accelerator or and/or increased stopping brake pedal. Always check that distance which can cause a crash the floor mats do not interfere and injury. Make sure the floor with the pedals. mat does not interfere with the accelerator or brake pedal. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Service and Maintenance 11-1

General Information Because of all the different ways Service and people use vehicles, maintenance Maintenance Notice: Maintenance needs vary. The vehicle might need intervals, checks, inspections, more frequent checks and services. recommended fluids, and Please read the information under General Information lubricants are necessary to keep Scheduled Maintenance. To keep General Information ...... 11-1 this vehicle in good working the vehicle in good condition, see condition. Damage caused by your dealer. Scheduled Maintenance failure to follow scheduled The maintenance schedule is for Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . 11-2 maintenance might not be vehicles that: covered by the vehicle warranty. Recommended Fluids, . Carry passengers and cargo As the vehicle owner, you are Lubricants, and Parts within recommended limits on responsible for the scheduled Recommended Fluids and the Tire and Loading Information maintenance in this section. We Lubricants ...... 11-6 label. See Vehicle Load Limits recommend having your dealer Maintenance Replacement on page 9‑22. Parts ...... 11-9 perform these services. Proper vehicle maintenance helps to . Are driven on reasonable road Maintenance Records keep the vehicle in good working surfaces within legal driving Maintenance Records ...... 11-10 condition, improves fuel economy, limits. and reduces vehicle emissions for better air quality. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

11-2 Service and Maintenance

. Are driven off-road in the At your dealer, you can be Scheduled recommended manner. See certain that you will receive the Off-Road Driving on page 9‑7. highest level of service available. Maintenance . Your dealer has specially trained Use the recommended fuel. When the Change Oil Message See Recommended Fuel on service technicians, uses genuine Displays page 9‑55. replacement parts, as well as, up‐to‐date tools and equipment Change engine oil and filter. { WARNING to ensure fast and accurate See Engine Oil on page 10‑10. diagnostics. An Emission Control Service. Performing maintenance work can The proper replacement parts, When the CHANGE OIL message be dangerous. Some jobs can fluids, and lubricants to use are displays, service is required for cause serious injury. Perform listed in Recommended Fluids and the vehicle as soon as possible, maintenance work only if you Lubricants on page 11‑6 and within the next 1 000 km/600 miles. have the required know-how and Maintenance Replacement Parts on If driving under the best conditions, the proper tools and equipment. page 11‑9. We recommend the use the engine oil life system might If in doubt, see your dealer to of genuine parts from your dealer. not indicate the need for vehicle have a qualified technician do the Rotation of New Tires service for more than a year. work. See Doing Your Own The engine oil and filter must be Service Work on page 10‑4. To maintain ride, handling, and changed at least once a year and performance of the vehicle, it is the oil life system must be reset. important that the first rotation Your dealer has trained service service for new tires be performed. technicians who will perform Tires should be rotated every this work and reset the system. 12 000 km/7,500 miles. See Tire Rotation on page 10‑63. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Service and Maintenance 11-3

If the engine oil life system is reset . Windshield wiper blade . Brake system inspection accidentally, service the vehicle inspection for wear, cracking, (or every 12 months, whichever within 5 000 km/3,000 miles since or contamination and windshield occurs first). and wiper blade cleaning, the last service. Reset the oil life . Steering and suspension system whenever the oil is changed. if contaminated. See Exterior inspection. Visual inspection See Engine Oil Life System on Care on page 10‑99. Worn for damaged, loose, or missing page 10‑14. or damaged wiper blade parts or signs of wear. replacement. See Wiper Blade Every Engine Oil Change Replacement on page 10‑35. . Body hinges and latches, key lock cylinders, and folding seat . Change engine oil and filter. . Tire inflation pressures hardware lubrication. Lubricate Reset oil life system. See check. See Tire Pressure on hood safety lever pivot and prop Engine Oil on page 10 10 and ‑ page 10‑56. rod pivot and tailgate latch bolt, Engine Oil Life System on . Tire wear inspection. See Tire handle assembly pivot points, page 10 14. An Emission ‑ Inspection on page 10 63. and hinges. See Recommended Control Service. ‑ Fluids and Lubricants on . Rotate tires if necessary. See . Engine coolant level check. See page 11 6. More frequent Tire Rotation on page 10‑63. ‑ Engine Coolant on page 10‑21. lubrication may be required . Fluids visual leak check . Engine cooling system when the vehicle is exposed (or every 12 months, whichever inspection. Visual inspection to a corrosive environment. occurs first). A leak in any of hoses, pipes, fittings, and Applying silicone grease on system must be repaired and clamps and replacement, weatherstrips with a clean cloth the fluid level checked. if needed. makes them last longer, seal . Engine air cleaner filter better, and not stick or squeak. . Windshield washer fluid level inspection. See Engine Air . check. See Washer Fluid on Restraint system component Cleaner/Filter on page 10‑19. page 10‑27. check. See Safety System Check on page 3‑26. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

11-4 Service and Maintenance

. Fuel system inspection for Once a Month First Engine Oil Change After damage or leaks. Every 80 000 km/50,000 Miles . Tire inflation check. See Tire . Exhaust system and nearby Pressure on page 10‑56. . Engine air cleaner filter heat shields inspection for loose replacement. See Engine Air . Tire wear inspection. See Tire or damaged components. Cleaner/Filter on page 10 19. Inspection on page 10‑63 and ‑ Additional Required Services Tire Rotation on page 10‑63. . Automatic transmission fluid change (severe service) for Every 12 000 km/7,500 Miles Once a Year vehicles mainly driven in . Rotate tires. Tires should . See Starter Switch Check on heavy city traffic in hot weather, be rotated every 12 000 km/ page 10‑33. in hilly or mountainous terrain, 7,500 miles. See Tire Rotation when frequently towing a . See Automatic Transmission on page 10‑63. Shift Lock Control Function trailer, or used for taxi, police, or delivery service. See Check on page 10‑34. At Each Fuel Stop Automatic Transmission . Engine oil level check. See . See Ignition Transmission Lock Fluid on page 10‑15. Engine Oil on page 10 10. Check on page 10‑34. ‑ . Four‐wheel drive only: Transfer . Engine coolant level check. See . See Park Brake and P (Park) case fluid change (severe Engine Coolant on page 10‑21. Mechanism Check on service) for vehicles mainly page 10‑35. driven when frequently towing a . Windshield washer fluid level check. See Washer Fluid on . Accelerator pedal check for trailer, or used for taxi, police, or delivery service. Check page 10‑27. damage, high effort, or binding. Replace if needed. vent hose at transfer case for kinks and proper installation. . Underbody flushing service. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

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Check to be sure vent hose is will not nullify the emission directly spray the transfer case unobstructed, clear, and free of warranty or limit recall liability output seals. High pressure debris. During any maintenance, prior to the completion of the water can overcome the seals if a power washer is used to vehicle's useful life. We, and contaminate the transfer clean mud and dirt from the however, urge that all case fluid. Contaminated fluid underbody, care should be taken recommended maintenance will decrease the life of the to not directly spray the transfer services be performed at the transfer case and should be case output seals. High pressure indicated intervals and the replaced. water can overcome the seals maintenance be recorded. . Spark plug replacement and and contaminate the transfer First Engine Oil Change After spark plug wires inspection. case fluid. Contaminated fluid An Emission Control Service. will decrease the life of the Every 160 000 km/100,000 Miles transfer case and should be . Automatic transmission fluid First Engine Oil Change After replaced. change (normal service). See Every 240 000 km/150,000 Miles Automatic Transmission Fluid on . Evaporative control system . Engine cooling system drain, page 10 15. inspection. Check all fuel and ‑ flush, and refill (or every vapor lines and hoses for proper . Four‐wheel drive only: Transfer five years, whichever hook‐up, routing, and condition. case fluid change (normal occurs first). See Engine Check that the purge valve, service). Check vent hose at Coolant on page 10‑21. An if the vehicle has one, works transfer case for kinks and Emission Control Service. proper installation. Check to be properly. Replace as needed. . Engine drive belts inspection An Emission Control Service. sure vent hose is unobstructed, for fraying, excessive The U.S. Environmental clear, and free of debris. During cracks, or obvious damage Protection Agency or the any maintenance, if a power (or every 10 years, whichever California Air Resources Board washer is used to clean mud occurs first). Replace, if needed. has determined that the failure and dirt from the underbody, to perform this maintenance item care should be taken to not GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

11-6 Service and Maintenance

Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts Recommended Fluids and Lubricants Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer. Usage Fluid/Lubricant The engine requires engine oil approved to the dexos™ specification. Oils meeting this specification can be identified with the dexos™ certification Engine Oil mark. Look for and use only an engine oil that displays the dexos™ certification mark of the proper viscosity grade. See Engine Oil on page 10‑10. 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant. Engine Coolant See Engine Coolant on page 10‑21. DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 12377967, in Hydraulic Brake System Canada 89021320). Windshield Washer Optikleen® Washer Solvent. Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or Parking Brake Cable Guides lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. Power Steering System GM Power Steering Fluid (GM Part No. 89021184, in Canada 89021186). Automatic Transmission DEXRON®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Manual Transmission Manual Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 89021806, in Canada 89021807). GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

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Usage Fluid/Lubricant Hydraulic Clutch Fluid (GM Part No. 12345347, in Canada 10953517) or Hydraulic Clutch System equivalent DOT-3 brake fluid. Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in Key Lock Cylinders Canada 10953474). Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or Chassis Lubrication lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. SAE 75W-90 Synthetic Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 89021677, in Front and Rear Axle Canada 89021678). Synchromesh Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 12345349, in Transfer Case Canada 10953465). Rear Driveline Center Spline and Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or Universal Joints lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or Constant Velocity Universal Joint lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

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Usage Fluid/Lubricant Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 12346293, in Canada 992723) Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. Release Pawl Hood and Door Hinges, Body Door Hinge Pins, Liftgate Hinge and Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in Linkage, Folding Seats, and Fuel Canada 10953474). Door Hinge Outer Tailgate Handle Pivot Points Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in and Hinges Canada 10953474). Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or Weatherstrip Conditioning Dielectric Silicone Grease (GM Part No. 12345579, in Canada 992887). Synthetic Grease with Teflon, Superlube (GM Part No. 12371287, in Weatherstrip Squeaks Canada 10953437). GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

Service and Maintenance 11-9

Maintenance Replacement Parts Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer. Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 15942429 — Engine Oil Filter 2.9L L4 Engine 19210283 PF46 3.7L L5 Engine 19210285 PF61 5.3L V8 Engine 89017524 PF48 Spark Plugs 2.9L L4 and 3.7L L5 Engines 12625058 41-103 5.3L V8 Engine 12609877 41-985 Wiper Blades Driver Side — 55 cm (22 in) 10389562 — Passenger Side — 48 cm (19 in) 10389563 — GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

11-10 Service and Maintenance

Maintenance Records After the scheduled services are performed, record the date, odometer reading, who performed the service, and the type of services performed in the boxes provided. Retain all maintenance receipts. Maintenance Record Odometer Date Serviced By Services Performed Reading GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

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Maintenance Record (cont'd) Odometer Date Serviced By Services Performed Reading GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

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Maintenance Record (cont'd) Odometer Date Serviced By Services Performed Reading GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Technical Data 12-1

Technical Data Vehicle Identification Engine Identification The eighth character in the VIN Vehicle Identification is the engine code. This code Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) identifies the vehicle engine, Vehicle Identification specifications, and replacement Number (VIN) ...... 12-1 parts. See “Engine Specifications” Service Parts Identification under Capacities and Specifications Label ...... 12-1 on page 12‑2 for the vehicle engine code. Vehicle Data Capacities and Specifications ...... 12-2 Service Parts Engine Drive Belt Routing . . . 12-4 Identification Label This legal identifier is in the front corner of the instrument panel, on This label, on the inside of the glove the left side of the vehicle. It can be box, has the following information: seen through the windshield from . Vehicle Identification outside. The VIN also appears on Number (VIN) the Vehicle Certification and Service Parts labels and certificates of title . Model designation and registration. . Paint information . Production options and special equipment Do not remove this label from the vehicle. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

12-2 Technical Data

Vehicle Data Capacities and Specifications The following approximate conversion capacities are given in metric and English conversions. See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants on page 11‑6 for more information. Capacities and Specifications Capacities Application Metric English For the air conditioning system refrigerant charge Air Conditioning Refrigerant R134a amount, see the refrigerant label located under the hood. See your dealer for more information. Cooling System 2.9L L4 Engine 9.8 L 10.4 qt 3.7L L5 Engine 10.0 L 10.6 qt 5.3L V8 Engine 13.0 L 13.7 qt Engine Oil with Filter 2.9L L4 Engine 4.7 L 5.0 qt 3.7L L5 Engine 5.7 L 6.0 qt 5.3L V8 Engine 5.7 L 6.0 qt GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

Technical Data 12-3

Capacities and Specifications (cont'd) Capacities Application Metric English Fuel Tank 74 L 19.5 gal Transmission Automatic (Pan Removal and Filter Replacement) 4.7 L 5.0 qt Manual – Rear-Wheel Drive (Drain and Refill) 2.2 L 2.3 qt Manual – Four-Wheel Drive (Drain and Refill) 2.3 L 2.4 qt Wheel Nut Torque 140 Y 100 lb ft All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

Engine Specifications Type VIN Code Transmission Spark Plug Gap Automatic 2.9L L4 9 1.01 mm (0.040 in) Manual 3.7L L5 E Automatic 1.01 mm (0.040 in) 5.3L V8 P Automatic 1.01 mm (0.040 in) GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

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Engine Drive Belt Routing

5.3L Engine 2.9L and 3.7L Engines GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (1,1)

Customer Information 13-1

Courtesy Transportation Customer Information Customer Program (U.S. and Information Canada) ...... 13-11 Collision Damage Repair Customer Satisfaction (U.S. and Canada) ...... 13-12 Procedure (U.S. and Customer Information Service Publications Canada) Customer Satisfaction Ordering Information ...... 13-15 Your satisfaction and goodwill are Procedure (U.S. and Reporting Safety Defects important to your dealer and to Canada) ...... 13-1 Reporting Safety Defects to GMC. Normally, any concerns Customer Satisfaction the United States Procedure (Mexico) ...... 13-3 with the sales transaction or the Government ...... 13-16 operation of the vehicle will be Customer Assistance Offices Reporting Safety Defects to (U.S. and Canada) ...... 13-5 resolved by the dealer's sales or the Canadian service departments. Sometimes, Customer Assistance Offices Government ...... 13-16 (Mexico) ...... 13-5 however, despite the best intentions Reporting Safety Defects to of all concerned, misunderstandings Customer Assistance for Text General Motors ...... 13-17 Telephone (TTY) Users (U.S. can occur. If your concern has not and Canada) ...... 13-6 Vehicle Data Recording and been resolved to your satisfaction, Online Owner Center ...... 13-6 Privacy the following steps should be taken: GM Mobility Reimbursement Vehicle Data Recording and STEP ONE: Discuss your concern Program (U.S. and Privacy ...... 13-17 with a member of dealership Canada) ...... 13-7 Event Data Recorders ...... 13-17 management. Normally, concerns Roadside Assistance Program OnStar® ...... 13-18 can be quickly resolved at that level. (U.S. and Canada) ...... 13-8 Radio Frequency If the matter has already been Roadside Assistance Identification (RFID) ...... 13-19 reviewed with the sales, service, Program (Mexico) ...... 13-10 Radio Frequency or parts manager, contact the owner Scheduling Service Statement ...... 13-19 of the dealership or the general Appointments (U.S. and manager. Canada) ...... 13-10 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

13-2 Customer Information

STEP TWO: If after contacting a When contacting GMC, remember 40 days. If you do not agree with the member of dealership management, that your concern will likely be decision given in your case, you it appears your concern cannot be resolved at a dealer's facility. may reject it and proceed with any resolved by the dealership without That is why we suggest following other venue for relief available further help, in the U.S., call Step One first. to you. 1-800-462-8782, Customer STEP THREE — U.S. Owners: You may contact the BBB Auto Assistance prompt. In Canada, Both General Motors and your Line Program using the toll-free call General Motors of Canada dealer are committed to making telephone number or write them at Customer Communication at sure you are completely satisfied the following address: 1-800-263-3777 (English) or with your new vehicle. However, 1-800-263-7854 (French). BBB Auto Line Program if you continue to remain unsatisfied Council of Better Business We encourage you to call the after following the procedure Bureaus, Inc. toll-free number in order to give your outlined in Steps One and Two, 4200 Wilson Boulevard inquiry prompt attention. Have the you can file with the Better Business ® Suite 800 following information available to Bureau (BBB) Auto Line Program Arlington, VA 22203-1838 give the Customer Assistance to enforce your rights. representative: Telephone: 1-800-955-5100 The BBB Auto Line Program is an www.dr.bbb.org/goauto . Vehicle Identification Number out of court program administered (VIN). This is available from the by the Council of Better Business This program is available in all vehicle registration or title, or Bureaus to settle automotive 50 states and the District of the plate at the top left of the disputes regarding vehicle repairs or Columbia. Eligibility is limited by instrument panel and visible the interpretation of the New Vehicle vehicle age, mileage, and other through the windshield. Limited Warranty. Although you may factors. General Motors reserves be required to resort to this informal the right to change eligibility . Dealership name and location. dispute resolution program prior to limitations and/or discontinue its . Vehicle delivery date and filling out a court action, use of the participation in this program. present mileage. program is free of charge and your case will generally be heard within GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

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STEP THREE — Canadian For further information concerning Customer Satisfaction Owners: In the event that you do eligibility in the Canadian Motor not feel your concerns have been Vehicle Arbitration Plan (CAMVAP), Procedure (Mexico) addressed after following the call toll-free 1-800-207-0685, procedure outlined in Steps One or call the General Motors and Two, General Motors of Canada Customer Communication Centre, Limited wants you to be aware 1-800-263-3777 (English), of its participation in a no-charge 1-800-263-7854 (French), Mediation/Arbitration Program. or write to: General Motors of Canada Limited Mediation/Arbitration Program has committed to binding arbitration c/o Customer Communication Did you get the Warranty Extension of owner disputes involving Centre Plan? This plan is recommended by factory-related vehicle service General Motors of Canada Limited General Motors to supplement the claims. The program provides for Mail Code: CA1-163-005 warranty included with your new the review of the facts involved by 1908 Colonel Sam Drive vehicle purchase. an impartial third party arbiter, and Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7 may include an informal hearing See your dealer for details. before the arbiter. The program is Telephone: 1-800-955-5100 designed so that the entire dispute Your inquiry should be accompanied settlement process, from the time by the Vehicle Identification you file your complaint to the final Number (VIN). decision, should be completed in approximately 70 days. We believe our impartial program offers advantages over courts in most jurisdictions because it is informal, quick, and free of charge. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

13-4 Customer Information

Customer Assistance Make sure that they have all . Model year Procedure necessary information. They . Brand are interested in your continual . Owner satisfaction and goodwill are satisfaction. Vehicle Identification very important to your dealer and Number (VIN) General Motors. STEP TWO . Mileage Normally, any problem with the If you are not satisfied, please . Delivery date transaction, sale, or usage of contact the general manager or the your vehicle must be handled dealership owner to ask for their . Description of the problem by your dealer sales or service help. If they are not able to resolve . Dealership name departments. However, we your case, ask them to contact the recognize that despite the good right people at General Motors for . Dealership address intentions of all parties involved, support, if needed. See Customer Assistance Offices sometimes a misunderstanding STEP THREE (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑5 may occur. or Customer Assistance Offices If your case is not resolved in a If you have a problem that has not (Mexico) on page 13‑5 for more reasonable amount of time by your been satisfactorily handled through information. dealer, please call the General the normal means, we suggest the Motors Customer Assistance following steps: Center (CAC) and provide the STEP ONE following information: Explain your case to the dealer . Name service agent, service manager, . Address dealer sales agent, or sales manager, depending on your case. . Phone number GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

Customer Information 13-5

Customer Assistance Canada Mexico, Central America and Offices (U.S. and Canada) General Motors of Canada Limited Caribbean Islands/Countries Customer Communication Centre, (Except Puerto Rico and GMC encourages customers to call Mail Code: CA1-163-005 U.S. Virgin Islands) the toll-free number for assistance. 1908 Colonel Sam Drive However, if a customer wishes to General Motors de Mexico, S. Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7 write or e-mail GMC, the letter de R.L. de C.V. www.gmc.ca should be addressed to: Customer Assistance Center 1-800-263-3777 (English) Av. Ejercito Nacional #843 United States 1-800-263-7854 (French) Col. Granada GMC Customer Assistance Center 1-800-263-3830 (For Text C.P. 11520, Mexico, D.F. P.O. Box 33172 Telephone Devices (TTYs)) 01-800-466-0801 Detroit, MI 48232-5172 Roadside Assistance: Long Distance: 011-52-53 29 0801 1-800-268-6800 www.GMC.com All Overseas Locations Customer Assistance 1‐800‐GMC‐8782 (1-800-462-8782) 1-800-462-8583 (For Text Please contact the local General Offices (Mexico) Telephone Devices (TTYs)) Motors Business Unit. To contact the Customer Assistance Roadside Assistance: Center (CAC), use the phone 1-800-462-8782 numbers listed in this section. From Puerto Rico: Customer assistance is available Monday through Friday, 08:00 to 1-800-496-9992 (English) 20:00 hours, and Saturdays from 1-800-496-9993 (Spanish) 08:00 to 15:00 hours. From U.S. Virgin Islands: All e-mail inquiries to the Customer 1-800-496-9994 Assistance Center (CAC) should be sent to: [email protected]. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

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Mexico El Salvador Online Owner Center 800-6273 From Mexico City GMC Owner Center (U.S.) — 5329-0812 Honduras www.gmcownercenter.com From Other Mexico Locations 800-0122-6101 Information and services customized for your specific 01-800-466-0812 Customer Assistance for vehicle — all in one convenient United States and Canada Text Telephone (TTY) place. 1-866-466-8191 Users (U.S. and Canada) . Digital owner manual, warranty information, and more Costa Rica To assist customers who are deaf, . Store online service and 00-800-052-1005 hard of hearing, or speech impaired maintenance records and who use Text Telephones Guatemala (TTYs), GMC has TTY equipment . GMC dealer locator for service available at its Customer Assistance nationwide 1-800-999-5252 Center. Any TTY user can . Exclusive privileges and offers Panama communicate with GMC by dialing: 1-800-462-8583. TTY users in . Recall notices for your specific 00-800-052-0001 Canada can dial 1-800-263-3830. vehicle Dominican Republic . OnStar and GM Cardmember Services Earnings summaries 1-888-751-5301 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

Customer Information 13-7

Other Helpful Links Here are a few of the valuable tools GM Mobility and services you will have GMC — www.gmc.com access to: Reimbursement Program GMC Merchandise — . (U.S. and Canada) www.gmccollection.com My Showroom: Find and save information on vehicles and Help Center — www.gmc.com/ current offers in your area. helpcenter . My Dealers: Save details such . FAQ (Frequently Asked as address and phone number Questions) for each of your preferred GM . Contact Us dealers. . My Driveway: Access quick My GM Canada — www.gm.ca This program is available to links to parts and service qualified applicants for cost My GM Canada is a estimates, check trade-in reimbursement of eligible password-protected section of values, or schedule a service aftermarket adaptive equipment www.gm.ca where you can save appointment by adding the required for your vehicle, such as information on GM vehicles, get vehicles you own to your hand controls or a wheelchair/ personalized offers, and use handy driveway profile. scooter lift for the vehicle. tools and forms with greater ease. . My Preferences: Manage your For more information on the limited profile and use tools and forms offer, visit www.gmmobility.com or with greater ease. call the GM Mobility Assistance To sign up, visit the My GM.ca Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text section within www.gm.ca. Telephone (TTY) users, call 1-800-833-9935. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

13-8 Customer Information

General Motors of Canada also . Location of the vehicle GMC and General Motors of has a Mobility Program. Call . Model, year, color, and license Canada Limited reserve the right 1-800-GM-DRIVE (463-7483) plate number of the vehicle to limit services or payment to an for details. TTY users call owner or driver if they decide the . 1-800-263-3830. Odometer reading, Vehicle claims are made too often, or the Identification Number (VIN), and same type of claim is made many Roadside Assistance delivery date of the vehicle times. . Description of the problem Program (U.S. and Services Provided Canada) Coverage . Emergency Fuel Delivery: For U.S.‐purchased vehicles, call Services are provided up to Delivery of enough fuel for the 1‐800‐462‐8782; (Text Telephone 5 years/160 000 km (100,000 miles), vehicle to get to the nearest (TTY): 1‐888‐889‐2438). whichever comes first. service station. For Canadian‐purchased vehicles, In the U.S., anyone driving the . Lock‐Out Service: Service to call 1-800-268-6800. vehicle is covered. In Canada, a unlock the vehicle if you are person driving the vehicle without locked out. A remote unlock Service is available 24 hours a day, permission from the owner is not may be available if you have 365 days a year. covered. OnStar®. For security reasons, the driver must present Calling for Assistance Roadside Assistance is not a part of identification before this the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. When calling Roadside Assistance, service is given. have the following information GMC and General Motors of ready: Canada Limited reserve the right to make any changes or discontinue . Your name, home address, and the Roadside Assistance program at home telephone number any time without notification. . Telephone number of your location GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

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. Emergency Tow From a Public . Trip Interruption Benefits and Services Specific to Road or Highway: Tow to the Assistance: If your trip is Canadian Purchased Vehicles nearest GMC dealer for warranty interrupted due to a warranty ‐ service, or if the vehicle was in failure, incidental expenses . Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement a crash and cannot be driven. may be reimbursed during is approximately $5 Canadian. Assistance is also given when the 5 years/(160 000 km) Diesel fuel delivery may be the vehicle is stuck in the sand, 100,000 miles Powertrain restricted. Propane and other mud, or snow. warranty period. Items fuels are not provided through considered are hotel, meals, this service. . Flat Tire Change: Service to change a flat tire with the spare and rental car. . Lock-Out Service: Vehicle tire. The spare tire, if equipped, Services Not Included in registration is required. must be in good condition and Roadside Assistance . Trip Routing Service: Limit of properly inflated. It is the owner's six requests per year. responsibility for the repair or . Impound towing caused by replacement of the tire if it is not violation of any laws. . Trip Interruption Benefits and Assistance: Must be over covered by the warranty. . Legal fines. 250 kilometres from where . Battery Jump Start: Service to . Mounting, dismounting, your trip was started to jump start a dead battery. or changing of snow tires, qualify. General Motors of . Trip Routing Service: Detailed chains, or other traction devices. Canada Limited requires maps of North America when . Towing or services for vehicles pre-authorization, original requested either with the driven on a non-public road or detailed receipts, and a copy most direct route or the most highway. of the repair orders. Once scenic route. Additional travel authorization has been received, information is also available. the Roadside Assistance advisor Allow three weeks for delivery. will help to make arrangements and explain how to receive payment. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

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. Alternative Service: If Roadside Assistance Scheduling Service assistance cannot be provided right away, the Roadside Program (Mexico) Appointments Assistance advisor may Roadside Assistance is available (U.S. and Canada) give permission to get local 24 hours a day, 365 days of When the vehicle requires warranty emergency road service. You will the year. receive payment, up to $100, service, contact the dealer and after sending the original For detailed information about request an appointment. By receipt to Roadside Assistance. Roadside Assistance, please scheduling a service appointment Mechanical failures may be see the brochure provided with and advising the service consultant covered, however any cost for your new vehicle or visit our of your transportation needs, the parts and labor for repairs not website at: www.gmc.com.mx. dealer can help minimize your covered by the warranty are the Navigate the site and click on inconvenience. owner responsibility. “Asistencia en el Camino.” E-mail If the vehicle cannot be scheduled correspondence should be sent to: into the service department [email protected]. immediately, keep driving it until To contact Roadside Assistance by it can be scheduled for service, phone, use the following numbers: unless, of course, the problem is safety related. If it is, please call the Mexico dealership, let them know this, and 01-800-466-0801 ask for instructions. United States If the dealer requests you to bring the vehicle for service, you are 1-866-466-8902 urged to do so as early in the work Canada day as possible to allow for the same day repair. 1-800-268-6800 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

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Courtesy Transportation Transportation Options Public Transportation or Fuel Reimbursement Program (U.S. and Warranty service can generally be Canada) completed while you wait. However, If the vehicle requires overnight if you are unable to wait, GM helps warranty repairs, and public To enhance your ownership to minimize your inconvenience by transportation is used instead of the experience, we and our participating providing several transportation dealer's shuttle service, the expense dealers are proud to offer Courtesy options. Depending on the must be supported by original Transportation, a customer support circumstances, the dealer can receipts and can only be up to the program for vehicles with the offer you one of the following: maximum amount allowed by GM Bumper to Bumper (Base Warranty for shuttle service. In addition, for Coverage period in Canada), Shuttle Service U.S. customers, should you arrange extended powertrain, and/or Shuttle service is the preferred transportation through a friend or hybrid‐specific warranties in both means of offering Courtesy relative, limited reimbursement for the U.S. and Canada. Transportation. Dealers may provide reasonable fuel expenses may be Several Courtesy Transportation shuttle service to get you to your available. Claim amounts should options are available to assist in destination with minimal interruption reflect actual costs and be reducing your inconvenience when of your daily schedule. This includes supported by original receipts. warranty repairs are required. one‐way or round‐trip shuttle service See the dealer for information within reasonable time and distance regarding the allowance amounts Courtesy Transportation is not a parameters of the dealer's area. for reimbursement of fuel or other part of the New Vehicle Limited transportation costs. Warranty. A separate booklet entitled “Warranty and Owner Assistance Information” furnished with each new vehicle provides detailed warranty coverage information. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

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Courtesy Rental Vehicle Additional Program Collision Damage Repair The dealer may arrange to provide Information (U.S. and Canada) you with a courtesy rental vehicle or All program options, such as shuttle If the vehicle is involved in a reimburse you for a rental vehicle service, may not be available at that you obtain if the vehicle is kept collision and it is damaged, have every dealer. Please contact the the damage repaired by a qualified for an overnight warranty repair. dealer for specific information Rental reimbursement will be limited technician using the proper about availability. All Courtesy equipment and quality replacement and must be supported by original Transportation arrangements will be receipts. This requires that you sign parts. Poorly performed collision administered by appropriate dealer repairs diminish the vehicle resale and complete a rental agreement personnel. and meet state/provincial, local, and value, and safety performance can rental vehicle provider requirements. General Motors reserves the right be compromised in subsequent Requirements vary and may to unilaterally modify, change, collisions. or discontinue Courtesy include minimum age requirements, Collision Parts insurance coverage, credit card, Transportation at any time and etc. You are responsible for fuel to resolve all questions of claim Genuine GM Collision parts are new usage charges and may also be eligibility pursuant to the terms and parts made with the same materials responsible for taxes, levies, usage conditions described herein at its and construction methods as the fees, excessive mileage, or rental sole discretion. parts with which the vehicle was usage beyond the completion of the originally built. Genuine GM repair. Collision parts are the best choice to ensure that the vehicle's designed It may not be possible to provide a appearance, durability, and safety like vehicle as a courtesy rental. are preserved. The use of Genuine GM parts can help maintain the GM New Vehicle Limited Warranty. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (13,1)

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Recycled original equipment parts As a result, these parts may fit Insuring The Vehicle may also be used for repair. These poorly, exhibit premature durability/ Protect your investment in the GM parts are typically removed from corrosion problems, and may not vehicle with comprehensive and vehicles that were total losses in perform properly in subsequent collision insurance coverage. prior crashes. In most cases, the collisions. Aftermarket parts are not There are significant differences parts being recycled are from covered by the GM New Vehicle in the quality of coverage afforded undamaged sections of the vehicle. Limited Warranty, and any vehicle by various insurance policy terms. A recycled original equipment GM failure related to such parts is not Many insurance policies provide part may be an acceptable choice covered by that warranty. reduced protection to the GM to maintain the vehicle's originally vehicle by limiting compensation designed appearance and safety Repair Facility for damage repairs by using performance; however, the history of GM also recommends that you aftermarket collision parts. Some these parts is not known. Such parts choose a collision repair facility that insurance companies will not are not covered by the GM New meets your needs before you ever specify aftermarket collision parts. Vehicle Limited Warranty, and any need collision repairs. The dealer When purchasing insurance, we related failures are not covered by may have a collision repair center recommend that you ensure that the that warranty. with GM-trained technicians and vehicle will be repaired with GM Aftermarket collision parts are also state‐of‐the‐art equipment, or be original equipment collision parts. available. These are made by able to recommend a collision If such insurance coverage is companies other than GM and may repair center that has GM-trained not available from your current not have been tested for the vehicle. technicians and comparable insurance carrier, consider switching equipment. to another insurance carrier. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (14,1)

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If the vehicle is leased, the leasing Gather the following information: Managing the Vehicle Damage company may require you to have . Driver name, address, and Repair Process insurance that ensures repairs with telephone number. Genuine GM Original Equipment In the event that the vehicle requires Manufacturer (OEM) parts or . Driver license number. damage repairs, GM recommends Genuine Manufacturer replacement that you take an active role in its . Owner name, address, and repair. If you have a pre-determined parts. Read the lease carefully, as telephone number. you may be charged at the end of repair facility of choice, take the the lease for poor quality repairs. . Vehicle license plate number. vehicle there, or have it towed there. Specify to the facility that any . Vehicle make, model, and If a Crash Occurs required replacement collision parts model year. be original equipment parts, either If there has been an injury, call . Vehicle Identification new Genuine GM parts or recycled emergency services for help. Do not Number (VIN). original GM parts. Remember, leave the scene of a crash until all recycled parts will not be covered matters have been taken care of. . Insurance company and policy by the GM vehicle warranty. Move the vehicle only if its position number. puts you in danger, or you are . General description of the Insurance pays the bill for the repair, instructed to move it by a police damage to the other vehicle. but you must live with the repair. officer. Depending on your policy limits, Choose a reputable repair facility your insurance company may Give only the necessary information that uses quality replacement parts. initially value the repair using to police and other parties involved See “Collision Parts” earlier in this aftermarket parts. Discuss this with in the crash. section. the repair professional, and insist For emergency towing see If the airbag has inflated, see What on Genuine GM parts. Remember, Roadside Assistance Program Will You See After an Airbag if the vehicle is leased, you may (U.S. and Canada) on page 13‑8 Inflates? on page 3‑33. be obligated to have the vehicle or Roadside Assistance Program repaired with Genuine GM parts, (Mexico) on page 13‑10. even if your insurance coverage does not pay the full cost. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (15,1)

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If another party's insurance Each bulletin contains instructions Current and Past Models company is paying for the repairs, to assist in the diagnosis and Technical Service Bulletins and you are not obligated to accept a service of the vehicle. Manuals are available for current repair valuation based on that and past model GM vehicles. insurance company's collision Owner Information policy repair limits, as you have no Owner publications are written ORDER TOLL FREE: contractual limits with that company. specifically for owners and intended 1-800-551-4123 Monday - Friday In such cases, you can have control to provide basic operational 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Eastern Time of the repair and parts choices as information about the vehicle. For Credit Card Orders Only long as the cost stays within The Owner Manual includes the (VISA-MasterCard-Discover), visit reasonable limits. Maintenance Schedule for all Helm, Inc. at: www.helminc.com models. Or you can write to: Service Publications In-Portfolio: Includes a Portfolio, Ordering Information Owner Manual, and Warranty Helm, Incorporated Booklet. P.O. Box 07130 Service Manuals Detroit, MI 48207 RETAIL SELL PRICE: Service Manuals have the $35.00 (U.S.) plus handling and Prices are subject to change diagnosis and repair information shipping fees. without notice and without incurring on the engines, transmission, axle, obligation. Allow ample time for suspension, brakes, electrical, Without Portfolio: Owner delivery. steering, body, etc. Manual only. All listed prices are quoted in U.S. Service Bulletins RETAIL SELL PRICE: funds. Make checks payable in U.S. $25.00 (U.S.) plus handling and funds. Service Bulletins give additional shipping fees. technical service information needed to knowledgeably service General Motors cars and trucks. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (16,1)

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Reporting Safety However, NHTSA cannot Reporting Safety Defects become involved in individual to the Canadian Defects problems between you, your dealer, or General Motors. Government Reporting Safety Defects To contact NHTSA, you may If you live in Canada, and you believe that your vehicle has a to the United States call the Vehicle Safety Hotline Government safety defect, notify Transport toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 Canada immediately, and notify If you believe that your vehicle (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to General Motors of Canada Limited. has a defect which could cause http://www.safercar.gov; or Call them at 1-800-333-0510 or a crash or could cause injury or write to: write to: death, you should immediately Administrator, NHTSA Transport Canada inform the National Highway 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Road Safety Branch Traffic Safety Administration Washington, D.C. 20590 2780 Sheffield Road (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Ottawa, Ontario K1B 3V9 You can also obtain other General Motors. information about motor If NHTSA receives similar vehicle safety from complaints, it may open an http://www.safercar.gov. investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (17,1)

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Reporting Safety Defects Vehicle Data Event Data Recorders to General Motors Recording and This vehicle has an Event Data In addition to notifying NHTSA Privacy Recorder (EDR). The main purpose (or Transport Canada) in a situation of an EDR is to record, in certain like this, please notify General Your GM vehicle has a number of crash or near crash-like situations, Motors. sophisticated computers that record such as an airbag deployment or information about the vehicle s hitting a road obstacle, data that Call 1-800-GMC-8782 ’ performance and how it is driven. will assist in understanding how a (1-800-462-8782), or write: For example, your vehicle uses vehicle's systems performed. The GMC Customer Assistance Center computer modules to monitor and EDR is designed to record data P.O. Box 33172 control engine and transmission related to vehicle dynamics and Detroit, MI 48232-5172 performance, to monitor the safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less. In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777 conditions for airbag deployment and deploy airbags in a crash, and, The EDR in this vehicle is designed (English) or 1-800-263-7854 to record such data as: (French), or write: if so equipped, to provide antilock braking to help the driver control the . How various systems in your General Motors of Canada Limited vehicle. These modules may store vehicle were operating. Customer Communication Centre, data to help your dealer technician . Mail Code: CA1-163-005 service your vehicle. Some modules Whether or not the driver and 1908 Colonel Sam Drive may also store data about how you passenger safety belts were Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7 operate the vehicle, such as rate of buckled/fastened. fuel consumption or average speed. . How far, if at all, the driver was These modules may also retain the pressing the accelerator and/or owner’s personal preferences, such brake pedal. as radio pre-sets, seat positions, . How fast the vehicle was and temperature settings. traveling. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (18,1)

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This data can help provide a better GM will not access this data or OnStar® understanding of the circumstances share it with others except: with the in which crashes and injuries occur. consent of the vehicle owner or, If your vehicle is equipped with an active OnStar system, that system Important: EDR data is recorded if the vehicle is leased, with the consent of the lessee; in response may also record data in crash or by your vehicle only if a non-trivial near crash‐like situations. The crash situation occurs; no data is to an official request by police or similar government office; as part of OnStar Terms and Conditions recorded by the EDR under normal provides information on data driving conditions and no personal GM's defense of litigation through the discovery process; or, as collection and use and is available data (e.g., name, gender, age, in the OnStar glove box kit, at and crash location) is recorded. required by law. Data that GM collects or receives may also be www.onstar.com (U.S.) or However, other parties, such as www.onstar.ca (Canada), or by law enforcement, could combine used for GM research needs or may pressing the Q button and the EDR data with the type be made available to others for of personally identifying data research purposes, where a need is speaking to an advisor. routinely acquired during a crash shown and the data is not tied to a investigation. specific vehicle or vehicle owner. To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (19,1)

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Radio Frequency Radio Frequency Changes or modifications to any of these systems by other than Identification (RFID) Statement an authorized service facility could RFID technology is used in some This vehicle has systems that void authorization to use this vehicles for functions such as tire operate on a radio frequency that equipment. pressure monitoring and ignition comply with Part 15 of the Federal system security, as well as in Communications Commission (FCC) connection with conveniences rules and with Industry Canada such as key fobs for remote door Standards RSS‐210/220/310. locking/unlocking and starting, and Operation is subject to the following in-vehicle transmitters for garage two conditions: door openers. RFID technology in GM vehicles does not use or record 1. The device may not cause personal information or link with interference. any other GM system containing 2. The device must accept any personal information. interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (20,1)

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A Airbags Audio System Adding Equipment to the Chime Level Adjustment ...... 5-7 Accessories and Vehicle ...... 3-40 Fixed Mast Antenna ...... 7-14 Modifications ...... 10-3 Passenger Status Indicator . . .5-12 Radio Reception ...... 7-13 Accessory Power ...... 9-33 Readiness Light ...... 5-12 Theft-Deterrent Feature ...... 7-2 Add-On Electrical Servicing Airbag-Equipped Automatic Equipment ...... 9-70 Vehicles ...... 3-39 Door Locks ...... 2-5 Adding Equipment to the System Check ...... 3-28 Headlamp System ...... 6-3 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 3-40 Alarm System Automatic Transmission ...... 9-37 Adjustments Anti-Theft ...... 2-9 Fluid ...... 10-15 Lumbar, Front Seats ...... 3-4 AM-FM Radio ...... 7-7 Automatic Transmission Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-19 Antenna Shift Lock Control Air Vents ...... 8-3 Satellite Radio ...... 7-14 Function Check ...... 10-34 Airbag System Anti-Theft Axle, Front ...... 10-32 Check ...... 3-41 Alarm System ...... 2-9 Axle, Rear ...... 10-33 How Does an Airbag Antilock Brake Restrain? ...... 3-33 System (ABS) ...... 9-46 Passenger Sensing B Warning Light ...... 5-17 System ...... 3-34 Battery ...... 10-31 Appearance Care What Makes an Airbag Jump Starting ...... 10-90 Exterior ...... 10-99 Inflate? ...... 3-32 Load Management ...... 6-6 Interior ...... 10-103 What Will You See After Power Protection ...... 6-7 Ashtrays ...... 5-6 an Airbag Inflates? ...... 3-33 Voltage and Charging Assistance Program, When Should an Airbag Messages ...... 5-24 Roadside ...... 13-8, 13-10 Inflate? ...... 3-31 Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . 10-35 Audio Players ...... 7-14 Where Are the Airbags? ...... 3-30 Bluetooth ...... 7-21 CD ...... 7-14 Brake System Warning Light . . . 5-17 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (2,1)

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Brakes ...... 10-28 C Check Antilock ...... 9-46 Engine Light ...... 5-14 Calibration ...... 5-3 Assist ...... 9-48 Ignition California Fluid ...... 10-29 Transmission Lock ...... 10-34 Fuel Requirements ...... 9-55 Parking ...... 9-47 Child Restraints Perchlorate Materials System Messages ...... 5-25 Infants and Young Requirements ...... 10-3 Braking ...... 9-3 Children ...... 3-44 Warning ...... 10-3 Break-In, New Vehicle ...... 9-28 Lower Anchors and Canadian Vehicle Owners ...... iii Bulb Replacement ...... 10-41 Tethers for Children ...... 3-50 Capacities and Center High-Mounted Older Children ...... 3-42 Specifications ...... 12-2 Stoplamp (CHMSL) ...... 10-40 Securing ...... 3-60, 3-62, 3-63 Carbon Monoxide Fog Lamps ...... 6-4 Systems ...... 3-46 Engine Exhaust ...... 9-36 Front Turn Signal, Cigarette Lighter ...... 5-6 Tailgate ...... 2-7 Parking, Sidemarker, Circuit Breakers ...... 10-43 Winter Driving ...... 9-19 and Daytime Running Cleaning Cautions, Danger, and Lamps (DRL) ...... 10-38 Exterior Care ...... 10-99 Warnings ...... iv Halogen Bulbs ...... 10-37 Interior Care ...... 10-103 CD Player ...... 7-14 Headlamp Aiming ...... 10-37 Climate Control Systems ...... 8-1 Center Console Storage ...... 4-3 Headlamps ...... 10-37, 10-38 Air Conditioning ...... 8-1 Center High-Mounted Heating ...... 8-1 License Plate Lamps ...... 10-41 Stoplamp (CHMSL) ...... 10-40 Taillamps, Turn Signal, Clock ...... 5-4 Chains, Tire ...... 10-71 Stoplamps, and Cluster, IP ...... 5-8 Charging Back-Up Lamps ...... 10-39 Clutch, Hydraulic ...... 10-18 System Light ...... 5-14 Buying New Tires ...... 10-65 Collision Damage Repair . . . . . 13-12 Compact Spare Tire ...... 10-88 Compass ...... 5-3 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (3,1)

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Control of a Vehicle ...... 9-3 D Driving (cont.) Convex Mirrors ...... 2-12 Off-Road Recovery ...... 9-5 Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . 13-12 Coolant Vehicle Load Limits ...... 9-22 Danger, Warnings, and Engine ...... 10-21 Winter ...... 9-19 Cautions ...... iv Engine Temperature Driving on Wet Roads ...... 9-17 Data Recorders, Event ...... 13-17 Gauge ...... 5-10 Daytime Running Cooling System ...... 10-20 Lamps (DRL) ...... 6-2 E Engine Messages ...... 5-26 Defensive Driving ...... 9-2 Electrical Equipment, Courtesy Transportation Dome Lamps ...... 6-6 Add-On ...... 9-70 Program ...... 13-11 Door Electrical System Cruise Control ...... 9-52 Ajar Messages ...... 5-25 Engine Compartment Light ...... 5-21 Locks ...... 2-4 Fuse Block ...... 10-43 Cupholders ...... 4-1 Power Locks ...... 2-5 Fuses and Circuit Customer Assistance ...... 13-6 Rear Doors ...... 2-7 Breakers ...... 10-43 Offices ...... 13-5 Driver Information Overload ...... 10-42 Text Telephone (TTY) Center (DIC) ...... 5-21 Engine Users ...... 13-6 Driving Air Cleaner/Filter ...... 10-19 Customer Information Characteristics and Check and Service Engine Service Publications Towing Tips ...... 9-59 Soon Light ...... 5-14 Ordering Information ...... 13-15 Defensive ...... 9-2 Compartment Overview ...... 10-6 Customer Satisfaction Drunk ...... 9-2 Coolant ...... 10-21 Procedure ...... 13-1, 13-3 Highway Hypnosis ...... 9-18 Coolant Temperature Hill and Mountain Roads ...... 9-18 Gauge ...... 5-10 If the Vehicle is Stuck ...... 9-21 Cooling System ...... 10-20 Loss of Control ...... 9-6 Cooling System Messages . . .5-26 Off-Road ...... 9-7 Drive Belt Routing ...... 12-4 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (4,1)

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Engine (cont.) F Front Seats Exhaust ...... 9-36 Adjustment ...... 3-3 Fan Fan ...... 10-26 Heated ...... 3-8 Engine ...... 10-26 Overheating ...... 10-24 Front Turn Signal, Filter Power Messages ...... 5-26 Sidemarker, and Daytime Engine Air Cleaner ...... 10-19 Pressure Light ...... 5-20 Running Lamps (DRL) ...... 10-38 Flash-to-Pass ...... 6-2 Running While Parked ...... 9-36 Fuel ...... 9-54 Flashers, Hazard Warning ...... 6-3 Starting ...... 9-30 Additives ...... 9-56 Flat Tire ...... 10-72 Engine Heater ...... 9-32 Filling a Portable Fuel Flat Tire, Changing ...... 10-74 Engine Oil Container ...... 9-58 Floor Mats ...... 10-106 Life System ...... 10-14 Filling the Tank ...... 9-57 Fluid Messages ...... 5-26 Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . .9-55 Automatic Transmission . . . . 10-15 Equipment, Towing ...... 9-69 Gasoline Specifications ...... 9-55 Brakes ...... 10-29 Event Data Recorders ...... 13-17 Gauge ...... 5-10 Four-Wheel Drive Exit Lighting ...... 6-6 Recommended ...... 9-55 Transfer Case ...... 9-42 Extender, Safety Belt ...... 3-26 Requirements, California . . . . .9-55 Power Steering ...... 10-26 Exterior Cargo Lamps ...... 6-5 System Messages ...... 5-27 Washer ...... 10-27 Exterior Lamp Controls ...... 6-1 Full-Size Spare Tire ...... 10-89 Fog Lamps Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 6-2 Fuses Bulb Replacement ...... 6-4 Engine Compartment Four-Wheel Drive ...... 10-31, 9-42 Fuse Block ...... 10-43 Front Axle ...... 10-32 Fuses and Circuit Breakers ...... 10-43 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (5,1)

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G H Hood ...... 10-5 Horn ...... 5-2 Gasoline Halogen Bulbs ...... 10-37 How to Wear Safety Belts Specifications ...... 9-55 Hazard Warning Flashers ...... 6-3 Properly ...... 3-15 Gauges Head Restraints ...... 3-2 Hydraulic Clutch ...... 10-18 Engine Coolant Headlamps ...... 10-38 Temperature ...... 5-10 Aiming ...... 10-37 Fuel ...... 5-10 Automatic ...... 6-3 I Odometer ...... 5-9 Bulb Replacement ...... 10-37 Ignition Positions ...... 9-29 Speedometer ...... 5-9 Daytime Running Ignition Transmission Lock Tachometer ...... 5-9 Lamps (DRL) ...... 6-2 Check ...... 10-34 Trip Odometer ...... 5-9 Flash-to-Pass ...... 6-2 Immobilizer ...... 2-10 Warning Lights and High-Beam On Light ...... 5-20 Infants and Young Children, Indicators ...... 5-6 High/Low Beam Changer ...... 6-2 Restraints ...... 3-44 General Information Heated Front Seats ...... 3-8 Instrument Cluster ...... 5-8 Service and Maintenance . . . . . 11-1 Heater Introduction ...... iii, 7-1 Towing ...... 9-59 Engine ...... 9-32 Vehicle Care ...... 10-2 Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 8-1 J Glove Box ...... 4-1 High-Beam On Light ...... 5-20 Jump Starting ...... 10-90 GM Mobility Reimbursement High-Speed Operation ...... 10-58 Program ...... 13-7 Highway Hypnosis ...... 9-18 Hill and Mountain Roads ...... 9-18 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (6,1)

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K Latches, Seatback ...... 3-7 Locks Lighter, Cigarette ...... 5-6 Automatic Door ...... 2-5 Keyless Entry Lighting Door ...... 2-4 Remote (RKE) System ...... 2-3 Exit ...... 6-6 Lockout Protection ...... 2-6 Keys ...... 2-2 Illumination Control ...... 6-5 Power Door ...... 2-5 Lights Safety ...... 2-6 L Airbag Readiness ...... 5-12 Loss of Control ...... 9-6 Labeling, Tire Sidewall ...... 10-50 Antilock Brake System Lower Anchors and Tethers Lamp Messages ...... 5-27 (ABS) Warning ...... 5-17 for Children (LATCH Lamps Brake System Warning ...... 5-17 SYSTEM) ...... 3-50 Daytime Running (DRL) ...... 6-2 Charging System ...... 5-14 Lumbar Adjustment ...... 3-4 Dome ...... 6-6 Cruise Control ...... 5-21 Front Seats ...... 3-4 Exterior Cargo ...... 6-5 Engine Oil Pressure ...... 5-20 Exterior Controls ...... 6-1 Flash-to-Pass ...... 6-2 Exterior Lamps Off M High-Beam On ...... 5-20 Maintenance Reminder ...... 6-2 High/Low Beam Changer ...... 6-2 Records ...... 11-10 License Plate ...... 10-41 Safety Belt Reminders ...... 5-11 Maintenance Schedule Malfunction Indicator ...... 5-14 Security ...... 5-20 Recommended Fluids and Lap Belt ...... 3-25 Tire Pressure ...... 5-19 Lubricants ...... 11-6 Lap-Shoulder Belt ...... 3-21 Traction Control System Scheduled Maintenance ...... 11-2 LATCH System ® (TCS)/StabiliTrak ...... 5-18 Transfer Case ...... 9-42 Replacing Parts After a Up-Shift ...... 5-18 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 5-14 Crash ...... 3-60 Limited-Slip Rear Axle ...... 9-51 Manual Mirrors ...... 2-12 Latch, Lower Anchors and Manual Transmission ...... 9-40 Tethers for Children ...... 3-50 Fluid ...... 10-17 Manual Windows ...... 2-15 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (7,1)

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Messages N P Battery Voltage and New Vehicle Break-In ...... 9-28 Park Charging ...... 5-24 Shifting Into ...... 9-33 Brake System ...... 5-25 Shifting Out of ...... 9-34 Door Ajar ...... 5-25 O Parking ...... 9-35 Engine Cooling System ...... 5-26 Odometer ...... 5-9 Brake ...... 9-47 Engine Oil ...... 5-26 Trip ...... 5-9 Brake and P (Park) Engine Power ...... 5-26 Off-Road ...... 9-7 Mechanism Check ...... 10-35 Fuel System ...... 5-27 Driving ...... 9-7 Over Things That Burn ...... 9-35 Lamp ...... 5-27 Recovery ...... 9-5 Passenger Airbag Status Ride Control System ...... 5-27 Oil Indicator ...... 5-12 Service Vehicle ...... 5-28 Engine ...... 10-10 Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-34 Tire ...... 5-28 Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-14 Perchlorate Materials Transmission ...... 5-28 Messages ...... 5-26 Requirements, California . . . . . 10-3 Vehicle ...... 5-24 Pressure Light ...... 5-20 Phone Mirrors Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-42 Bluetooth ...... 7-21 Automatic Dimming Online Owner Center ...... 13-6 ® Pickup Conversion to Rearview ...... 2-14 OnStar System ...... 1-19 Chassis Cab ...... 9-70 Convex ...... 2-12 Operation, Infotainment System ...... 7-3 Power Manual ...... 2-12 Door Locks ...... 2-5 Manual Rearview ...... 2-13 Outlets Mirrors ...... 2-13 Power ...... 2-13 Power ...... 5-5 Outlets ...... 5-5 Monitor System, Tire Overheating, Engine ...... 10-24 Protection, Battery ...... 6-7 Pressure ...... 10-59 Retained Accessory (RAP) . . .9-33 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (8,1)

i-8 INDEX

Power (cont.) Rear Axle ...... 10-33 Replacement Parts Seat Adjustment ...... 3-4 Limited-Slip ...... 9-51 Airbags ...... 3-41 Steering Fluid ...... 10-26 Rear Doors ...... 2-7 Maintenance ...... 11-9 Windows ...... 2-16 Rear Seats ...... 3-9, 3-10 Replacing Airbag System ...... 3-41 Pregnancy, Using Safety Rear Storage ...... 4-2 Replacing LATCH System Belts ...... 3-25 Rear Windows ...... 2-17 Parts After a Crash ...... 3-60 Privacy Rearview Mirrors ...... 2-13 Replacing Safety Belt Radio Frequency Automatic Dimming ...... 2-14 System Parts After a Identification (RFID) ...... 13-19 Reclining Seatbacks ...... 3-5 Crash ...... 3-27 Program Recommended Fluids and Reporting Safety Defects Courtesy Transportation . . . . .13-11 Lubricants ...... 11-6 Canadian Government ...... 13-16 Proposition 65 Warning, Recommended Fuel ...... 9-55 General Motors ...... 13-17 California ...... 10-3 Records U.S. Government ...... 13-16 Maintenance ...... 11-10 Restraints R Recreational Vehicle Where to Put ...... 3-48 Radio Frequency Towing ...... 10-94 Retained Accessory Identification (RFID) ...... 13-19 Reimbursement Program, Power (RAP) ...... 9-33 Statement ...... 13-19 GM Mobility ...... 13-7 Ride Control Systems Radios Remote Keyless Entry Limited Slip Rear Axle ...... 9-51 AM-FM Radio ...... 7-7 (RKE) System ...... 2-2, 2-3 Messages ...... 5-27 Reception ...... 7-13 Replacement Bulbs ...... 10-41 Satellite ...... 7-11 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (9,1)

INDEX i-9

Roads Safety Defects Reporting Security Driving, Wet ...... 9-17 Canadian Government ...... 13-16 Light ...... 5-20 Roadside Assistance General Motors ...... 13-17 Vehicle ...... 2-9 Program ...... 13-8, 13-10 U.S. Government ...... 13-16 Service Rotation, Tires ...... 10-63 Safety Locks ...... 2-6 Accessories and Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4 Safety System Check ...... 3-26 Modifications ...... 10-3 Running the Vehicle While Satellite Radio ...... 7-11 Doing Your Own Work ...... 10-4 Parked ...... 9-36 Scheduled Maintenance ...... 11-2 Engine Soon Light ...... 5-14 Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-10 Maintenance Records ...... 11-10 S Seatback Latches ...... 3-7 Maintenance, General Safety Belts ...... 3-12 Seats Information ...... 11-1 Care ...... 3-27 Adjustment, Front ...... 3-3 Parts Identification Label . . . . .12-1 Extender ...... 3-26 Head Restraints ...... 3-2 Publications Ordering How to Wear Safety Belts Heated Front ...... 3-8 Information ...... 13-15 Properly ...... 3-15 Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-4 Scheduling Appointments . . . 13-10 Lap Belt ...... 3-25 Power Adjustment, Front ...... 3-4 Vehicle Messages ...... 5-28 Lap-Shoulder Belt ...... 3-21 Rear ...... 3-9, 3-10 Servicing the Reminders ...... 5-11 Reclining Seatbacks ...... 3-5 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 3-39 Replacing After a Crash ...... 3-27 Secondary Latch System . . . . . 10-85 Shift Lock Control Function Use During Pregnancy ...... 3-25 Securing Child Check, Automatic Restraints ...... 3-60, 3-62, 3-63 Transmission ...... 10-34 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (10,1)

i-10 INDEX

Shifting Stuck Vehicle ...... 9-21 Tires (cont.) Into Park ...... 9-33 Sun Visors ...... 2-17 If a Tire Goes Flat ...... 10-72 Out of Park ...... 9-34 Symbols ...... iv Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-60 Signals, Turn and Inspection ...... 10-63 Lane-Change ...... 6-4 T Messages ...... 5-28 Spare Tire Tachometer ...... 5-9 Pressure ...... 10-58 Compact ...... 10-88 Tailgate ...... 2-7 Pressure Light ...... 5-19 Specifications and Taillamps Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-59 Capacities ...... 12-2 Bulb Replacement ...... 10-39 Rotation ...... 10-63 Speedometer ...... 5-9 Secondary Latch System . . . 10-85 ® Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-6 StabiliTrak System ...... 9-50 Theft-Deterrent Sidewall Labeling ...... 10-50 Starter Switch Check ...... 10-33 Systems ...... 2-10, 2-12 Terminology and Starting the Engine ...... 9-30 Immobilizer ...... 2-10 Definitions ...... 10-53 Steering ...... 9-4 Time ...... 5-4 Uniform Tire Quality Fluid, Power ...... 10-26 Tires Grading ...... 10-68 Wheel Adjustment ...... 5-2 Buying New Tires ...... 10-65 Wheel Alignment and Tire Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps Chains ...... 10-71 Balance ...... 10-69 Bulb Replacement ...... 10-39 Changing ...... 10-74 Wheel Replacement ...... 10-70 Storage Compact Spare ...... 10-88 When It Is Time for New Rear ...... 4-2 Designations ...... 10-53 Tires ...... 10-65 Storage Areas Different Size ...... 10-67 Center Console ...... 4-3 Full-Size Spare ...... 10-89 Glove Box ...... 4-1 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (11,1)

INDEX i-11

Towing Trip Odometer ...... 5-9 Vehicle (cont.) Driving Characteristics ...... 9-59 Truck-Camper Loading Messages ...... 5-24 Equipment ...... 9-69 Information ...... 9-28 Security ...... 2-9 General Information ...... 9-59 Turn and Lane-Change Towing ...... 10-93 Recreational Vehicle ...... 10-94 Signals ...... 6-4 Vehicle Care Trailer ...... 9-64 Turn Signal Tire Pressure ...... 10-56 Vehicle ...... 10-93 Bulb Replacement ...... 10-39 Vehicle Identification Traction Service Parts Identification Control System (TCS) ...... 9-48 U Label ...... 12-1 Control System (TCS)/ Ventilation, Air ...... 8-3 ® Uniform Tire Quality StabiliTrak Light ...... 5-18 Grading ...... 10-68 Visors ...... 2-17 Limited-Slip Rear Axle ...... 9-51 Up-Shift Light ...... 5-18 Trailer Towing ...... 9-64 Using this Manual ...... iv W Transfer Case ...... 9-42 Warning Transmission V Brake System Light ...... 5-17 Automatic ...... 9-37 Warning Lights, Gauges, and Fluid, Automatic ...... 10-15 Vehicle Canadian Owners ...... iii Indicators ...... 5-6 Fluid, Manual ...... 10-17 Warnings ...... iv Messages ...... 5-28 Control ...... 9-3 Identification Cautions and Danger ...... iv Transportation Program, Hazard Flashers ...... 6-3 Courtesy ...... 13-11 Number (VIN) ...... 12-1 Load Limits ...... 9-22 Washer Fluid ...... 10-27 GMC Canyon Owner Manual - 2011 Black plate (12,1)

i-12 INDEX

Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance ...... 10-69 Different Size ...... 10-67 Replacement ...... 10-70 When It Is Time for New Tires ...... 10-65 Where to Put the Restraint . . . . 3-48 Windows ...... 2-15 Manual ...... 2-15 Power ...... 2-16 Rear ...... 2-17 Windshield Wiper/Washer ...... 5-2 Winter Driving ...... 9-19 Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 10-35